Deception Illustrations
Deceptionnoun
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
Fraudnoun
(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
Deceptionnoun
The act of deceiving or misleading.
Fraudnoun
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
Deceptionnoun
The state of being deceived or misled.
‘There is one thing relating either to the action or enjoyments of man in which he is not liable to deception.’;
Fraudnoun
The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
Deceptionnoun
That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.
‘There was of course room for vast deception.’;
Fraudnoun
A person who performs any such trick.
Deceptionnoun
a misleading falsehood
Fraudnoun
(obsolete) A trap or snare.
Deceptionnoun
the act of deceiving
Fraudverb
(obsolete) To defraud
Deceptionnoun
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
Fraudnoun
Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.
‘If success a lover's toil attends,Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.’;
Deception
Deception or falsehood is an act or statement which misleads, hides the truth, or promotes a belief, concept, or idea that is not true. It is often done for personal gain or advantage.
Fraudnoun
An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.
Fraudnoun
A trap or snare.
‘To draw the proud King Ahab into fraud.’;
Fraudnoun
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
Fraudnoun
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Fraudnoun
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Fraud
In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid the fraud or recover monetary compensation) or criminal law (e.g., a fraud perpetrator may be prosecuted and imprisoned by governmental authorities), or it may cause no loss of money, property, or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong.
