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(law) Intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction (such as knowingly misrepresenting the quality of something that is being bought or sold).
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Alternative form of big lie [(often politics or public policy, often preceded by the) The policy or practice of insistently making a false claim which is so emphatic and grandiose that listeners and readers will reckon that the claim must be true because no one would dare to fabricate something so forceful and extravagant; a false claim produced by the application of this policy or practice.]
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A lie told to protect the reputation of one's group or organization.
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criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
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A polite lie told in a text, on the phone, or through a similar electronic medium that provides an excuse for why one is unavailable.
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A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
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That cants or preaches in a false manner.
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controversy; deliberation; debate
adv
So as to delude or cause delusion.
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(obsolete) disloyal; perfidious
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(countable) An act of dissembling.
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Lies, especially in a formal political statement.
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The distortion or concealment of facts.
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News stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform.
adv
In a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely.
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Representation of untrue facts.
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(writing) A misleading expectation created by ambiguous writing
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(uncountable, countable) Deceptive public statements.
adj
Demonstrated to be false.
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(informal) The telling of a lie.
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Synonym of give the lie to
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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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(philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.
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One who frequently tells lies.
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The benefit received by those spreading fake information as a consequence of the environment in which there is a great deal of fake information and hence it is unclear what is real and what is fake.
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An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
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Alternative form of white lie [(idiomatic) A deliberate, untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result.]
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(countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.
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Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
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(politics) A myth or untruth, often of a religious nature, knowingly propagated by an elite to maintain social harmony or to advance an agenda.
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(idiomatic) Total lies, complete untruth
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A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust
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A downright, unqualified lie.
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(now rare) Deviation from what is right or correct.
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Alternative spelling of Sod's law [(chiefly UK) The principle that what can go wrong, will go wrong, usually with some observed degree of irony]
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A misrepresentation of the truth brought about by implying a falsehood to be true; a lie of implication. Compare suppressio veri.
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(US, law, informal, euphemistic) The act of a police officer giving false testimony (perjury).
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(informal) Facts gradually and reluctantly admitted by one's significant other under questioning, especially about having been unfaithful.
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Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.
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White lies or half-lies in Russian culture, told without the intention of (maliciously) deceiving, but as a fantasy, suppressing unpleasant parts of the truth.
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(idiomatic) A deliberate, untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result.
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