deceit
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deceit/dɪˈsiːt/
▶noun the action or practice of deceiving.
■ a deceitful act or statement.
– origin ME: from OFr., past part. of deceveir ‘deceive’.
'deceit' also found in these Oxford entries:
apatite
- apatosaurus
- conceit
- cunning
- fraud
- honest
- honesty
- management
- self-deception
- sincere
- single
- trifle
- weasel
