39 entries under deception topic. ×

17
tale(noun, literature, feature, report, line)
15
fable(noun, literature, feature, report)
15
story(noun, report, line, detail)
9
fiction(noun, literature, line, account)
9
tall tale(noun, expression, idiom, informal)
8
fabrication(noun, literature, line, lie)
8
line(noun, account, lie, sham)
7
fib(noun, literature, lie, sham)
7
lie(noun, literature, sham, nonfiction)
4
prevarication(noun, literature, line, lie)
4
untruth(noun, literature, line, lie)
4
whopper(noun, literature, line, lie)
2
falsity(noun, line, lie, sham)
2
mendacity(noun, line, lie, sham)
2
sham(noun, lie, dishonesty, story)
1
canard(noun, line, lie, sham)
1
cover-up(lie, sham, story, untruth)
1
deceit(noun, lie, sham, dishonesty)
1
dishonesty(noun, lie, sham, story)
1
dissimulation(lie, sham, story, falsity)
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