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deceit(dictionary)
WRIT OF DECEIT(law)

deceit (iou)



deceit noun. ME.
[Old French, use as noun of pa. pple (from Latin deceptus) of deceveir DECEIVE.]
The action or practice of deceiving; concealment or misrepresentation of the truth in order to mislead; deception, fraud, cheating. ME.
Milton By violence? no..But by deceit and lies.
An instance of deception; a device intended to deceive; a trick, a wile, a stratagem. ME.
Disposition or tendency to deceive or mislead; deceitfulness. ME.