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(adj)
Informative.
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(n)
The act of committing fraud.
deception
An act of surrender.
Action of the verb to sell.
(v)
(intransitive, obsolete) To inform on someone; turn informer.
(archaic or nonstandard) betrayal
The act of betraying again.
The crime of betraying one’s own country.
The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
traitorous behaviour; treachery
(uncountable) The quality of being disloyal.
Alternative form of double-cross. [An instance of betrayal of one who had been led to believe that the betrayer was assisting them.]
(of a person) Cheating, dishonest; treacherous.
(rare) Treason.
The actions of a turncoat or traitor; betrayal.
A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
mistrust
(derogatory) The behaviour of a traitor; betrayal.
An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
The role or state of a traditor.
(uncountable) A vocation involving the pest control of rats, typically using a working terrier.
The violation of an oath; perjury.
The activities or actions of a traitor; treason, treachery.
(rare) Unfaithfulness; deceitfulness; perfidy.
Elongated or trailing portion.
Sexually or romantically unfaithful.
Criminal disloyalty to one's country or a sovereign.
The act of one who strays; deviation or sin, often sexual infidelity.
Breach or breaking of an oath; perjury.
(rare, archaic or poetic) Breach of honour, faith, or loyalty; disloyalty.
(non-native speakers' English) Cheating; trickery.
(derogatory, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
(obsolete) Misuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse.
A deceit; a trick.
(slang) The act of deceiving or harming a person.
(countable, uncountable) Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.
Insincerity, irony, or sarcasm.
embezzlement
Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
(vulgar) An act of trickery.
Any act of treachery under the guise of kindness.
someone who has committed perjury by lying under oath
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
(nonstandard) deceit, deception
blasphemous
The quality of being deceptive.
(countable) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
falsification
defamation
Lack of faith; distrust.
The action of theft.
The act of one who traduces; defamation.
Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
Truancy.
robbery
(Catholicism) The act of obtaining a favour or grant by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
The act by which something is breached.
(US, law, informal, euphemistic) The act of a police officer giving false testimony (perjury).
An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies.
Synonym of self-deception.
(law) The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.
To transfer incorrectly.
An act or instance of cheating or swindling.
The act of traducing; calumny, slander.
(rare, dialectal) Adultery.
Someone who mistrusts.
Bribery.
A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
reproach; abuse; vilification
sneaking or underhand behaviour; cowardly concealment
An unprincipled action; deceit.
an act of screwing
Mendacity.
trickery; deception
The acceptance of bribes.
A misrepresentation.
(now rare) Cheating; fraud.
petit treason
(uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
The act of speaking ill or maliciously of something or someone; blasphemy, slander; gossip.
A trade that does not turn out well and is a cause for regret, or the act of making such trades.
(archaic) The act of misbestowing.
derisive or contemptuous
Untruth; falsehood.
(archaic) deceit, an unprincipled action.
(forestry) Wood that gives an erroneous impression of being heartwood.
Obsolete spelling of deceit. [An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.]
(rare) abetment
doubt
plunder; pillage