Definition of deceit in English:

deceit

noun dɪˈsiːtdəˈsit

mass noun

The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.
欺骗，欺诈
a web of deceit
骗局。
hypocrisy and deceit were anathema to her
count noun a series of lies and deceits
Example sentencesExamples
- He argued that ‘hidden beneath the polished exterior of modern democracy are deceit, violence, corruption, mendacity, hypocrisy and oppression of the poor’.
- ‘Lies and deception and deceit are part of this regime,’ he told reporters.
- All the lies, deceit, conniving and games I endured while I was with him have made me frightened to date again.
- The problem with being a professional liar is that one tends to forget one's past lies, thereby becoming entangled in your own web of deceit.
- He wove a web of deceit to cover his violent past and duped the entire community into believing he was a war hero and former CIA operative.
- He incorrectly told clients their cases had been settled, and paid one customer £4,500 of his own money to conceal his deceit.
- His web of deceit finally unravelled at Leicester Royal Infirmary when, as Reed told police, the hospital visits of the three wives ‘went out of sync and they all arrived at once’.
- The most basic of checks will expose your deceit and ruin any chance of getting the job.
- A " robust " campaign is one thing, but this sort of outright deceit is quite another.
- Orwell argued that in a time of universal deceit the only revolutionary act is to tell the truth.
- As far as I can see the allegations of dishonesty and deliberate deceit are without any foundation…
- It's time for a new politics of genuine social justice for all the peoples of the world; not the chicanery, deceit and lies to which we've been treated to in the last weeks and months.
- The man's web of deceit began to unravel in January when British immigration officials checked his passport at Calais and found it had been revoked in 2003.
- However their deceit conceals not so much defiance and ineptitude as fear.
- Those who seek to prey on their fellow humans thrive on surprise and deceit to conceal their true intentions.
- I can't take the lies and deceit anymore, the truth had to come out sometime and here it is.
- Dishonesty and deceit in areas critical to the public interest have been the hallmark of his Administration.
- Equally disturbing was the fact that the tribunal had to work through ‘an impenetrable jungle of lies, deceit, prevarication and obstruction’ to get to the truth.
- Ripley is the street-smart, smooth operator who feels no guilt at all, a man who can rationalise deceit, lies, criminal behaviour and even murder in a way not even the sharpest politician could equal.
- But the culture of deceit, fraud and corruption at different levels of society is never going to be eradicated by tribunals.
Synonyms
deception, deceitfulness, duplicity, double-dealing, fraud, fraudulence, cheating, trickery, duping, hoodwinking, chicanery, underhandedness, deviousness, slyness, cunning, craftiness, craft, wiliness, artfulness, guile, dissimulation, dissembling, bluff, bluffing, lying, pretence, artifice, treachery
informal crookedness, monkey business, funny business, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery
North American informal monkeyshines
Irish informal codology
archaic management, knavery
sham, fraud, pretence, imposture, hoax, fake, misrepresentation, blind, wile, artifice, Trojan horse
trick, stratagem, device, ruse, scheme, dodge, manoeuvre, contrivance, machination, deception, subterfuge, cheat, swindle, confidence trick
informal con, con trick, set-up, game, scam, sting, gyp, leg-pull, flimflam
British informal wheeze
North American informal bunco, grift
Australian informal lurk, rort
South African informal schlenter
British informal, dated flanker
archaic shift, fetch, rig

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, past participle (used as a noun) of deceveir 'deceive'.

Rhymes

accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat

Definition of deceit in US English:

deceit

noundəˈsitdəˈsēt

The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.
欺骗，欺诈
a web of deceit
骗局。
a series of lies and deceits
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Lies and deception and deceit are part of this regime,’ he told reporters.
- He wove a web of deceit to cover his violent past and duped the entire community into believing he was a war hero and former CIA operative.
- The problem with being a professional liar is that one tends to forget one's past lies, thereby becoming entangled in your own web of deceit.
- The man's web of deceit began to unravel in January when British immigration officials checked his passport at Calais and found it had been revoked in 2003.
- He argued that ‘hidden beneath the polished exterior of modern democracy are deceit, violence, corruption, mendacity, hypocrisy and oppression of the poor’.
- Equally disturbing was the fact that the tribunal had to work through ‘an impenetrable jungle of lies, deceit, prevarication and obstruction’ to get to the truth.
- The most basic of checks will expose your deceit and ruin any chance of getting the job.
- Those who seek to prey on their fellow humans thrive on surprise and deceit to conceal their true intentions.
- However their deceit conceals not so much defiance and ineptitude as fear.
- A " robust " campaign is one thing, but this sort of outright deceit is quite another.
- As far as I can see the allegations of dishonesty and deliberate deceit are without any foundation…
- Dishonesty and deceit in areas critical to the public interest have been the hallmark of his Administration.
- But the culture of deceit, fraud and corruption at different levels of society is never going to be eradicated by tribunals.
- I can't take the lies and deceit anymore, the truth had to come out sometime and here it is.
- Ripley is the street-smart, smooth operator who feels no guilt at all, a man who can rationalise deceit, lies, criminal behaviour and even murder in a way not even the sharpest politician could equal.
- Orwell argued that in a time of universal deceit the only revolutionary act is to tell the truth.
- It's time for a new politics of genuine social justice for all the peoples of the world; not the chicanery, deceit and lies to which we've been treated to in the last weeks and months.
- All the lies, deceit, conniving and games I endured while I was with him have made me frightened to date again.
- He incorrectly told clients their cases had been settled, and paid one customer £4,500 of his own money to conceal his deceit.
- His web of deceit finally unravelled at Leicester Royal Infirmary when, as Reed told police, the hospital visits of the three wives ‘went out of sync and they all arrived at once’.
Synonyms
deception, deceitfulness, duplicity, double-dealing, fraud, fraudulence, cheating, trickery, duping, hoodwinking, chicanery, underhandedness, deviousness, slyness, cunning, craftiness, craft, wiliness, artfulness, guile, dissimulation, dissembling, bluff, bluffing, lying, pretence, artifice, treachery
sham, fraud, pretence, imposture, hoax, fake, misrepresentation, blind, wile, artifice, trojan horse

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, past participle (used as a noun) of deceveir ‘deceive’.

词汇	deceit
释义	Definition of deceit in English: deceit noun dɪˈsiːtdəˈsit mass noun The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth. 欺骗，欺诈 a web of deceit 骗局。 hypocrisy and deceit were anathema to her count noun a series of lies and deceits Example sentencesExamples He argued that ‘hidden beneath the polished exterior of modern democracy are deceit, violence, corruption, mendacity, hypocrisy and oppression of the poor’. ‘Lies and deception and deceit are part of this regime,’ he told reporters. All the lies, deceit, conniving and games I endured while I was with him have made me frightened to date again. The problem with being a professional liar is that one tends to forget one's past lies, thereby becoming entangled in your own web of deceit. He wove a web of deceit to cover his violent past and duped the entire community into believing he was a war hero and former CIA operative. He incorrectly told clients their cases had been settled, and paid one customer £4,500 of his own money to conceal his deceit. His web of deceit finally unravelled at Leicester Royal Infirmary when, as Reed told police, the hospital visits of the three wives ‘went out of sync and they all arrived at once’. The most basic of checks will expose your deceit and ruin any chance of getting the job. A " robust " campaign is one thing, but this sort of outright deceit is quite another. Orwell argued that in a time of universal deceit the only revolutionary act is to tell the truth. As far as I can see the allegations of dishonesty and deliberate deceit are without any foundation… It's time for a new politics of genuine social justice for all the peoples of the world; not the chicanery, deceit and lies to which we've been treated to in the last weeks and months. The man's web of deceit began to unravel in January when British immigration officials checked his passport at Calais and found it had been revoked in 2003. However their deceit conceals not so much defiance and ineptitude as fear. Those who seek to prey on their fellow humans thrive on surprise and deceit to conceal their true intentions. I can't take the lies and deceit anymore, the truth had to come out sometime and here it is. Dishonesty and deceit in areas critical to the public interest have been the hallmark of his Administration. Equally disturbing was the fact that the tribunal had to work through ‘an impenetrable jungle of lies, deceit, prevarication and obstruction’ to get to the truth. Ripley is the street-smart, smooth operator who feels no guilt at all, a man who can rationalise deceit, lies, criminal behaviour and even murder in a way not even the sharpest politician could equal. But the culture of deceit, fraud and corruption at different levels of society is never going to be eradicated by tribunals. Synonyms deception, deceitfulness, duplicity, double-dealing, fraud, fraudulence, cheating, trickery, duping, hoodwinking, chicanery, underhandedness, deviousness, slyness, cunning, craftiness, craft, wiliness, artfulness, guile, dissimulation, dissembling, bluff, bluffing, lying, pretence, artifice, treachery informal crookedness, monkey business, funny business, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery North American informal monkeyshines Irish informal codology archaic management, knavery sham, fraud, pretence, imposture, hoax, fake, misrepresentation, blind, wile, artifice, Trojan horse trick, stratagem, device, ruse, scheme, dodge, manoeuvre, contrivance, machination, deception, subterfuge, cheat, swindle, confidence trick informal con, con trick, set-up, game, scam, sting, gyp, leg-pull, flimflam British informal wheeze North American informal bunco, grift Australian informal lurk, rort South African informal schlenter British informal, dated flanker archaic shift, fetch, rig Origin Middle English: from Old French, past participle (used as a noun) of deceveir 'deceive'. Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat Definition of deceit in US English: deceit noundəˈsitdəˈsēt The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth. 欺骗，欺诈 a web of deceit 骗局。 a series of lies and deceits Example sentencesExamples ‘Lies and deception and deceit are part of this regime,’ he told reporters. He wove a web of deceit to cover his violent past and duped the entire community into believing he was a war hero and former CIA operative. The problem with being a professional liar is that one tends to forget one's past lies, thereby becoming entangled in your own web of deceit. The man's web of deceit began to unravel in January when British immigration officials checked his passport at Calais and found it had been revoked in 2003. He argued that ‘hidden beneath the polished exterior of modern democracy are deceit, violence, corruption, mendacity, hypocrisy and oppression of the poor’. Equally disturbing was the fact that the tribunal had to work through ‘an impenetrable jungle of lies, deceit, prevarication and obstruction’ to get to the truth. The most basic of checks will expose your deceit and ruin any chance of getting the job. Those who seek to prey on their fellow humans thrive on surprise and deceit to conceal their true intentions. However their deceit conceals not so much defiance and ineptitude as fear. A " robust " campaign is one thing, but this sort of outright deceit is quite another. As far as I can see the allegations of dishonesty and deliberate deceit are without any foundation… Dishonesty and deceit in areas critical to the public interest have been the hallmark of his Administration. But the culture of deceit, fraud and corruption at different levels of society is never going to be eradicated by tribunals. I can't take the lies and deceit anymore, the truth had to come out sometime and here it is. Ripley is the street-smart, smooth operator who feels no guilt at all, a man who can rationalise deceit, lies, criminal behaviour and even murder in a way not even the sharpest politician could equal. Orwell argued that in a time of universal deceit the only revolutionary act is to tell the truth. It's time for a new politics of genuine social justice for all the peoples of the world; not the chicanery, deceit and lies to which we've been treated to in the last weeks and months. All the lies, deceit, conniving and games I endured while I was with him have made me frightened to date again. He incorrectly told clients their cases had been settled, and paid one customer £4,500 of his own money to conceal his deceit. His web of deceit finally unravelled at Leicester Royal Infirmary when, as Reed told police, the hospital visits of the three wives ‘went out of sync and they all arrived at once’. Synonyms deception, deceitfulness, duplicity, double-dealing, fraud, fraudulence, cheating, trickery, duping, hoodwinking, chicanery, underhandedness, deviousness, slyness, cunning, craftiness, craft, wiliness, artfulness, guile, dissimulation, dissembling, bluff, bluffing, lying, pretence, artifice, treachery sham, fraud, pretence, imposture, hoax, fake, misrepresentation, blind, wile, artifice, trojan horse Origin Middle English: from Old French, past participle (used as a noun) of deceveir ‘deceive’.
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