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39 entries under deception topic. ×

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story(noun, true, lie, sham)
11
fib(noun, true, lie, sham)
11
fiction(noun, true, lie, sham)
11
lie(noun, true, sham, story)
10
prevarication(noun, true, lie, sham)
8
yarn(noun, informal, lie, sham)
7
fable(noun, lie, sham, dishonesty)
7
untruth(noun, true, lie, sham)
6
tale(noun, true, lie, sham)
5
fabrication(noun, lie, sham, dishonesty)
4
falsity(noun, true, lie, sham)
3
whopper(noun, slang, true, lie)
2
canard(noun, true, lie, sham)
2
mendacity(noun, lie, sham, dishonesty)
2
misstatement(noun, true, lie, sham)
1
cover-up(lie, sham, story, untruth)
1
deceit(lie, sham, story, untruth)
1
dishonesty(noun, lie, sham, story)
1
dissimulation(lie, sham, story, falsity)
1
distortion(lie, sham, story, untruth)
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