deceit

[US]/dɪˈsiːt/
[UK]/dɪˈsiːt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. deception; falsehood; means of deception

Example Sentences

deceit was becoming second nature to her.

That deceit won't pass with me.

The boy's deceit made his mother very unhappy.

Most people enjoy reading about deceit and dishonesty in high places.

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

27. Whatever gloss the various spectators put upon the interest, according to their several arts and powers of self-deceit, the interest was, at the root of it, Ogreish.

If we explore "Travelog of Mr.Fong": Volume 10(superscript th), it is rather exaggerated to say "disguise or deceit" but just a game of scholars, nor a revenge from hatred.

Acts 13:10 And said, O you who are full of all deceit and all unscrupulousness, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

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