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Likely, capable of, or designed to, deceive

(of a falsehood) Concocted to deceive others

Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious

The act of beguiling others through deception

Exploiting someone for one's personal gain

Present participle for to deceive or fool someone

Present participle for to be sexually unfaithful to (one's regular partner)

Present participle for to attract or lure by temptation

Present participle for to conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character)

Present participle for stretch the truth

Present participle for to cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover

Present participle for to evade by cleverness or trickery

Present participle for to alter or misrepresent

Present participle for to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions

Present participle for to make a false show or pretence of

Present participle for to demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

Present participle for sexual assault by force; act of plunder

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Adjective

Likely, capable of, or designed to, deceive

double-crossing

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

misrepresenting

extracurricular

committing perjury

unsportsmanlike

against the rules

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“Nothing, in all Shakspere's philosophy, appears to us finer than the deceiving nature of Romeo's presages in the last act.”

Adjective

(of a falsehood) Concocted to deceive others

misrepresentative

contrary to fact

unsubstantiated

economical with the truth

without foundation

unstraightforward

seemingly correct

apparently right

plausible but wrong

wide of the mark

inconsequential

self-contradictory

without justification

terminologically inexact

not trustworthy

non-sequiturial

logically fallacious

wrongly identified

barking up wrong tree

labouring under a misapprehension

barking up the wrong tree

on the wrong track

out of commission

shot-in-the-dark

wrongly inferred

won't hold water

not making sense

beyond the bounds of possibility

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Adjective

Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious

holier-than-thou

to keep up appearances

too good to be true

schoolmistressy

for form's sake

stick-in-the-mud

prim and proper

politically correct

goody two-shoes

of the old school

goody-two-shoes

schoolmasterist

pleased with oneself

full of yourself

proud of oneself

self-congratulatory

self-opinionated

stuck on oneself

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Noun

A mean action

dishonouring^UK

Noun

The act of beguiling others through deception

misappropriation

underhandedness

unscrupulousness

monkey business

misrepresentation

smoke and mirrors

ambidextrousness

every trick in the book

untrustworthiness

double-crossing

misleading talk

treacherousness

disingenuousness

stab in the back

confidence trick

sleight of hand

breach of trust

dishonourableness

sanctimoniousness

surreptitiousness

unprincipledness

questionableness

questionability

unrepresentativeness

bait and switch

specious reasoning

artful argument

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

fraudulent scheme

confidence game

palace intrigue

prestidigitation

mischievousness

breach of faith

false-heartedness

pretentiousness

duplicitousness

misbehaviour^UK

lack of veracity

telling stories

act of disloyalty

act of treachery

putting on an act

trahison des clercs

pharisaicalness

terminological inexactitude

being two-faced

false profession

economy with the truth

toing and froing

comings and goings

hustle and bustle

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

dishonest dealings

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Verb

Exploiting someone for one's personal gain

taking advantage of

using for one's own ends

treating lightly

walking all over

capitalizing on

playing someone for a sucker

taking liberties with

making the most of

taking for a ride

taking advantage

treating unfairly

doing well from

riding on the coat-tails

living off the backs of

withholding rights from

taking for granted

turning to account

putting one over on

doing an injustice to

benefitting from

putting to advantage

making unfair claims on

bringing to its knees

sucking the life out of

capitalizing^US

capitalising^UK

making a killing out of

making money from

doing well out of

turning to one's advantage

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Verb

Present participle for to deceive or fool someone

double-crossing

stringing along

putting one over on

selling a pup to

taking to the cleaners

playing joke on

pulling a swifty on

pulling fast one

taking advantage of

taking for a ride

taking for ride

taking to cleaners

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

pulling a fast one on

leading up the garden path

doing a number on

pulling one's leg

outmaneuvering^US

outmanoeuvring^UK

pulling the wool over somebody's eyes

pulling a fast one

giving someone a bum steer

leading one down the garden path

pulling the wool over one's eyes

misrepresenting

doing the dirty on

selling down the river

making a fool of

taking someone for a ride

throwing off the scent

putting on the wrong track

stabbing in the back

selling a bill of goods

stealing a march on

taking someone in

pulling somebody's leg

running a game on

leading down the garden path

pulling someone's leg

getting the better of

leading up garden path

selling a bill of goods to

stretching the truth

sending on a wild goose chase

breaking faith with

playing games with

propagandizing^US

giving the wrong impression

propagandising^UK

playing a trick on

pulling something

having someone on

putting on an act

putting on false front

playing trick on

putting up smoke screen

giving wrong information to

putting one over on someone

doing someone in the eye

pulling a fast one on someone

pulling wool over eyes

running rings round

departing from the truth

telling stories

making up a story

not telling the truth

committing perjury

bearing false witness

telling untruths

forswearing yourself

making rings round

inventing a story

telling a terminological inexactitude

putting one over

doing someone dirty

beating around the bush

worming one's way out of

bending the rules

stacking the cards

stretching the rules

pulling something funny

hitting below the belt

selling someone down the river

slipping something over on

rebelling against

playing a jest on

playing a prank on

playing a joke on

playing a practical joke on

making a sucker of

giving the runaround

sending on a wild-goose chase

leading somebody down the garden path

going one better than

taking to the cleaner's

doing number on

putting someone up to something

breaking the rules

giving bum steer

laying a trap for

pulling wool over

playing for a fool

lying under oath

swearing falsely

playing for a sucker

putting horns on

pulling strings

making a monkey of

making somebody look an idiot

twisting around your little finger

telling a little white lie

creating fiction

speaking with forked tongue

playing fast and loose with

circumnavigating

finding a way round

steering clear of

yanking somebody's chain

making sport of

telling an untruth

telling a falsehood

concocting a story

setting a trap for

perjuring oneself

forswearing oneself

saying something untrue

breaking promise

telling a white lie

framing someone

putting up a front

perjuring yourself

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“He helped disguise loans as sales in order to boost the company's revenue - on paper - and thereby deceive the public as well as government regulators.”

Verb

Present participle for to be sexually unfaithful to (one's regular partner)

playing someone false

double-crossing

breaking faith with

stabbing in the back

doing the dirty on

selling down the river

turning traitor

committing treason

breaking promise

informing against

selling the pass

blowing the whistle on

giving someone a Judas kiss

turning informer

dropping the dime on

biting the hand that feeds one

dropping a dime on

pointing the bone at

putting the finger on

turning state's evidence

blowing the whistle

biting the hand that feeds you

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“A person who has actually been deceived by their partner feels threatened, robbed, deceived and cheated, and is left feeling jealous and torn between love and hate.”

Verb

Present participle for to attract or lure by temptation

stringing along

sweeping off one's feet

getting next to

spreading it on

rubbing the right way

laying it on thick

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Verb

Present participle for to conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character)

putting on an act

putting up a front

going through the motions

making a pretense

putting on a false front

presenting a false face

presenting a false front

putting on a front

shucking and jiving

putting up a smoke screen

claiming falsely

passing yourself off as

putting on airs

making out like

assuming the role

behaving affectedly

playing the part of

striking an attitude

copping an attitude

drawing a veil over

pretending to be

passing oneself off as

doing something for effect

doing for effect

trying to attract attention

misrepresenting

giving the appearance of

striking a pose

disguising yourself

making a pretence of

making inconspicuous

putting up a smokescreen

keeping under your hat

making a show of

giving appearance of

going through the motions of

putting on a false display

keeping quiet about

sweeping something under the carpet

keeping a lid on

sweeping something under the rug

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Verb

Present participle for stretch the truth

Verb

Present participle for to cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover

Verb

Present participle for to evade by cleverness or trickery

running away from

short-circuiting

staying away from

steering clear of

breaking away from

shuffling out of

weaseling out of

weaselling out of

getting away from

giving someone a wide berth

giving someone the slip

giving the slip

skipping out on

moving to the side

putting the move on

slipping through the net of

giving somebody the slip

lying down on job

playing truant from

losing sight of

paying no attention to

paying little attention to

wriggling out of

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Verb

Present participle for to alter or misrepresent

misrepresenting

varnishing over

giving a false picture of

misinterpreting

putting a spin on

making out like

quoting out of context

taking out of context

interfering with

putting on an act

giving a false account of

bastardizing^US

cooking the books

giving a false idea of

bastardising^UK

putting the wrong slant on

giving a false impression of

quoting incorrectly

misarticulating

twisting around

arranging fraudulently

romanticizing^US

romanticising^UK

putting words in somebody's mouth

throwing off balance

copying fraudulently

making adjustments to

messing about with

making changes to

making alterations to

performing magic

telling a white lie

telling untruth

creating out of thin air

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Verb

Present participle for to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions

wheeling and dealing

Verb

Present participle for to make a false show or pretence of

Verb

Present participle for to demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

Verb

Present participle for sexual assault by force; act of plunder

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