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What does deception mean?

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Noun
  1. An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
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But the focus on the 45-minute claim is itself a red herring intended to draw attention away from a far bigger deception.
It was he who through his manipulation and deception engineered the capture and ransom of my beloved daughter.
The old soldier, who learned a long time ago to recognize deception and diversion, is gonna fix their wagon.
And of course a working knowledge of the properties of metals could easily lend itself to deception and fraud.
There was the bitterness over the recruiters' deception, but they tried their best to rationalize what was happening.
All propaganda is a sophisticated form of deception and she had been caught in the act of misdirecting the electorate.

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