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as in fraudulent
marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value
charged the store owner with such deceitful practices as inflating the list prices for items only so he could put them on sale at drastically reduced prices
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as in deceptive
tending or having power to deceive
the deceitful salesman neglected to mention some important information about the used car
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Recent Examples of deceitful
Unfortunately, a deceitful narrative was presented.
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Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Accountability Who signs off on consequences when the AI is wrong or deceitful?
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Meanwhile, mailers sent out by the California Real Estate Independent Expenditure Committee and the Silicon Valley Biz PAC have called Chavez-Lopez deceitful and exploitative of the housing crisis.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
Competition supersedes cooperation, doing so in rather deceitful ways.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Accountability Who signs off on consequences when the AI is wrong or deceitful?
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Meanwhile, mailers sent out by the California Real Estate Independent Expenditure Committee and the Silicon Valley Biz PAC have called Chavez-Lopez deceitful and exploitative of the housing crisis.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
Competition supersedes cooperation, doing so in rather deceitful ways.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceitful
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Execution: With these tools in place, fraudsters can open fraudulent accounts, apply for loans and carry out high-value transactions, all while appearing completely legitimate.—
Parya Lotfi,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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This includes Amazon allowing small businesses to make multiple appeals when fighting a fraudulent return.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
21 June 2025
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In the suit, filed Friday, Newsom says that Fox News had used deceptive edits to claim that the governor had lied in saying that Trump had not called him about deploying National Guard troops during the L.A. protests.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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Florida is leading the way in what can become a national movement to crack down on hospitals’ deceptive and unfair billing practices.—
Cynthia A. Fisher,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2025
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Avoid generic, spammy tactics, over-automation or dishonest ploys.—
Samuel Darwin,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The reasons for such concerns start with the shockingly dishonest campaign for Proposition 1A, the 2008 state ballot measure allocating $9.95 billion in bond seed money for a network of bullet trains linking Los Angeles and San Francisco.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2025
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Simultaneously, Dani Olmo could act as a false number 9 while a Robert Lewandowski believed to be on his way to Saudi Arabia in 2026 is gradually phased out.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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But an investigation resulted in an astonishing call from the other side of the world, which revealed that ‘The GPO Girl’ was, in fact, a 25-year-old Australian, who has created more than 100 false identities.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
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“Deceitful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceitful. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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