1
as in deception
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery
a rise to power that was marked by treachery and deceit
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as in deceitfulness
the tendency to tell lies
she's completely free of deceit
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Recent Examples of deceit
There's everything from resentment to jealousy, favouritism, and deceit swirling around in a boiling-hot cauldron where fair is foul and foul is fair.
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Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 6 May 2026
There was no attorney named Susan Millan associated with Catholic Charities, and the deceit was just one example of hundreds that the group has become aware of when desperate immigrants eventually reach the real organization.
—Naisha Roy, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2026
Often, this is based on an accusation of fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Was the coach’s allegation of deceit required to dig it out of the Wolves?
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2026
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Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 6 May 2026
There was no attorney named Susan Millan associated with Catholic Charities, and the deceit was just one example of hundreds that the group has become aware of when desperate immigrants eventually reach the real organization.
—Naisha Roy, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2026
Often, this is based on an accusation of fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Was the coach’s allegation of deceit required to dig it out of the Wolves?
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceit
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Artificial intelligence is accelerating the problem by making deception faster, cheaper, and more scalable.—
Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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Requiring multi‑person approval based on the type and impact of the request limits what deception can achieve under pressure.—
Steve Piper,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Antisocial personality includes a persistent pattern of traits such as callousness, lack of concern, deceitfulness, and irresponsibility, Ryan said.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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Perfidy — from the French perfidie via the Latin perfidia — means deceitfulness, treachery or a breach of faith or promise.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Beyond the deceptiveness of the narrow material view, spiritual light and hope are always present to be found and felt.—
Sue Brightman,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 Jan. 2025
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Independents said the worst thing about Republicans was their loyalty to Trump (10%), perceptions of corruption and self-enrichment (8%), dishonesty, hypocrisy or immorality (7%), a lack of concern for ordinary people or cruelty (6%), and ineffective and weak or unqualified leadership (5%).—
Emily Guskin,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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Twenty years ago, sticking with the education example, the internet ramped up dishonesty.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Americans for Prosperity sponsored a striking display in the DECC’s Pioneer Hall, demonstrating the scale of the state’s fraud losses with faux $100 bills stacked in volumes that would total $2 billion.—
Jay Gabler,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
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The authors then matched high-fraud ZIP codes to areas with fast-appreciating home prices.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Some companies initially prohibited candidates from using AI during tests to prevent cheating.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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In-person classes can still maintain some degree of rigor, and cheating can be reduced to zero as long as all assignments are done in the classroom.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
26 May 2026
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For everyone else, including this freelance journalist without an expense account, the approach is more like a military-level obstacle course designed to test your cunning and will.—
Jada Yuan,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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The quality that drew Kurosawa to Yonezawa’s novel in the first place is not valor or cunning but something considerably less heroic.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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“Deceit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceit. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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