144 entries under deception topic. ×
| double-dealing(trick, sham, dishonesty, cloak) | |
| duplicity(trick, dishonesty, cunning, deceit) | |
| equivocation(noun, slip, shift, escape) | |
| facade(trick, sham, con, cloak) | |
| fake(catch, trick, dishonesty, wrinkle) | |
| game plan(noun, trick) | |
| illusion(noun, trick, lie, sham) | |
| make-believe(trick, sham, con, cloak) | |
| misrepresentation(trick, sham, dishonesty, con) | |
| put-on(noun, catch, trick, sport, copy) | |
| sellout(dishonesty, treachery, cunning, trickery) | |
| sharp practice(expression, dishonesty, cunning, trickery) | |
| show(cause, con, excuse, pretense) | |
| skullduggery(dishonesty, trickery, stratagem, verbiage) | |
| slyness(dishonesty, treachery, cunning, deceit) | |
| sophistry(noun, trick, talk, shift) | |
| sport(noun, catch, fake, trick) | |
| surreptitiousness(dishonesty, trickery, stratagem, verbiage) | |
| sweet talk(expression, dishonesty, treachery, duplicity) | |
| underhandedness(dishonesty, treachery, deceit, trickery) |
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