Usually means: Partial truths used to deceive.
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  1. half-truths: Merriam-Webster
  2. half-truths, half-truths: Collins English Dictionary
  3. half-truths: Vocabulary.com
  4. Half-Truths, Half-truths, half-truths: Wordnik
  5. half-truths: Wiktionary
  6. half-truths: Dictionary.com
  7. half-truths: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Half-truths: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. Half-truths: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

(Note: See half-truth as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (half-truth)

noun:  A deceptive statement, especially one that is only partly true, is incomplete, misrepresents reality by telling part of the truth, or alters the time sequence of truths.
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