āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
Deceit
01
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻāĻĒāĻāϤāĻž
a tendency toward dishonesty, falseness, or misleading behavior
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The report accused the company of a culture of deceit that affected multiple departments.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāύāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž-āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻāϞāύāĻž
the action or practice of causing someone to believe something false, especially by concealment, misrepresentation, or trickery
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She exposed the deceit behind the advertisement and filed a consumer complaint.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĒāύā§āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϞā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻž āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāϰāϞā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻāϞāύāĻž
a specific lie or trick intended to mislead or defraud
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Investigators discovered several financial deceits hidden in the company's filings.
āϤāĻĻāύā§āϤāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰāĻž āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻĢāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
deceitful
deceive
deceit
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