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(by extension) Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.
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A person who is devious, who cheats people, and who often resorts to confidence tricks
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(idiomatic) An insult disguised as a compliment; a compliment which can be interpreted as an insult.
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A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.
n
(Philippines) A turncoat; one who defects to the other side in politics.
n
Obsolete form of beggary. [The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.]
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(transitive) To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.
n
mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug
n
(dated) Secret plotting.
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Trickery, deception; quality of being a charlatan.
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(countable) The act of a charlatan.
adj
Unfaithful or adulterous.
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The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
n
Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
n
(obsolete) Deception, trickery.
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Alternative spelling of cozenage [(uncountable) The fact or practice of cozening; cheating, deception.]
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Obsolete form of cozening. [fraud; deception; the acts of one who cozens]
n
Measures to mislead a sting operation.
n
(uncountable) The fact or practice of cozening; cheating, deception.
n
A daubing; specious colouring; false pretenses.
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An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
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A person who lies or deceives.
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An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
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The act of one who decoys.
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The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
adj
Full of dodges or tricks; shifty, evasive.
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(colloquial) An intensified form of a dare, frequently used after the dared person initially refuses.
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(colloquial) Alternative form of double dog dare [(colloquial) An intensified form of a dare, frequently used after the dared person initially refuses.]
v
(colloquial) Alternative form of double dog dare [(colloquial) Intensified form of dare.]
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The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.
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(idiomatic, by extension) A thing or occurrence which initially causes fear, distress, etc. but which is subsequently recognized as being no cause for concern.
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To target with a false flag ruse.
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Companions of either gender who do morally questionable things.
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(Lancashire) A two-faced, sneaky person.
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A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy.
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(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
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(slang, archaic) A cunning or resourceful person.
adj
(slang) Inclined to fight; aggressive.
n
(obsolete) Addictedness to theft; thievishness.
adj
(informal) Tending to gaslight (manipulate someone so that they doubt their own memory or sanity etc.)
n
A specious show, a deceit.
v
To deceive, beguile, bewile.
adj
(archaic) Armed with deceit; treacherous.
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(transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
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(obsolete) imposture; cheating
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A false pretense of being married to somebody.
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(derogatory) Cunning; deceit; subtle argument.
adj
Betraying a confidence by disclosing private information.
n
An unprincipled action; deceit.
adj
Given to larceny, tending to thievery.
n
Obsolete form of liar. [One who frequently tells lies.]
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To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
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(transitive, slang) To expose as a sham.
v
Alternative form of nosey parker [To snoop; to behave in an inquisitive manner.]
n
(MLE) An untrustworthy person; a person who deliberately acts against one's interests.
n
(law) Specifically, in warfare, an illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag in a false claim of surrender to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack.
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(dated) deception; trickery.
v
To betray someone; to be disloyal to someone.
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(dated) A sly or artful person.
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(law, historical, Ancient Rome) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
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(informal) The practice of exposing quackery in order to discredit it.
adj
(now US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
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Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
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(dated) One who questions or interrogates; a prying person.
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(archaic) The act or habit of quizzing.
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(uncountable) The act of tampering with an investigation site by adding bogus evidence.
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The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.
n
A deceptive, fraudulent, or unconvincing explanation or description.
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(transitive) To gently satirize.
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An act of betrayal or treachery
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(uncountable) Military deception or artifice.
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(uncountable) Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.
n
(now chiefly in French contexts) Deception, deceit; an instance of fraud.
n
Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.
adj
Alternative form of theftuous [Of the nature of theft; thievish.]
adj
Of the nature of theft; thievish.
adv
Like a thief; by or with stealing.
adj
Characteristic of a thief or thievery; thievish
adj
Having the manner of a thief; furtive; stealthy.
n
(obsolete) trickery; a trick
n
(non-native speakers' English) Cheating; trickery.
n
(uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior.
adj
Characterised by tricks or trickery; cunning.
v
To act as a turncoat; to betray
n
Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; trickery.
v
To trick, deceive or gull.
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(slang, humorous) A tacit agreement between two parties not to publicly discuss or verbally repeat events, conversations, or other sensitive information.
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