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Noun

The act or fact of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth

A trick played on someone for fun

Adjective

Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way

Verb

Present participle for to deceive or trick

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Noun

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The act or fact of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth

pretence^UK

pretense^US

manoeuvre^UK

maneuver^US

manoeuvres^UK

maneuvers^US

every trick in the book

misbehavior^US

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

giving false testimony

bearing false witness

bearing false testimony

giving false evidence

false statement

false oath

making false statements

violation of an oath

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Noun

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A trick played on someone for fun

phoney^UK

phony^US

endeavour^UK

endeavor^US

humour^UK

humor^US

gamboling^US

gambolling^UK

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Adjective

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Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

phony^US

phoney^UK

economical with the truth

not to be depended on

intentionally misleading

skillful^US

skilful^UK

off-colour^UK

dexterous^US

off-color^US

dextrous^UK

not entirely truthful

terminologically inexact

like a snake in the grass

not to be relied upon

coloured^UK

colored^US

sceptical^UK

skeptical^US

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

without law and order

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Verb

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Present participle for to deceive or trick

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

taking to the cleaners

doing a number on

getting the better of

leading up the garden path

pulling one's leg

putting one over on

having on

leading down the garden path

making a sucker of

pulling a fast one on

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

selling a pup

selling a pup to

pulling someone's leg

chiseling^US

chiselling^UK

giving someone a bum steer

selling down the river

throwing off the scent

putting on the wrong track

giving the wrong impression

sending on a wild goose chase

playing someone false

selling a bill of goods

doing out of

putting on an act

putting on false front

preying on

running rings round

putting up smoke screen

giving wrong information to

playing trick on

selling a bill of goods to

making rings round

doing someone in the eye

wrong steering

leading up garden path

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

beating around the bush

worming one's way out of

slipping out

slipping something over on

bending the rules

stacking the cards

stretching the rules

pulling something funny

hitting below the belt

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

going one better than

biasing^US

biassing^UK

playing fast and loose with

giving the runaround

sending on a wild-goose chase

twisting around your little finger

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

departing from the truth

not telling the truth

saying something untrue

inventing a story

telling a terminological inexactitude

committing perjury

telling stories

bearing false witness

putting someone up to something

making somebody look an idiot

making a monkey out of

finding a loophole in

tampering with

exploiting a loophole in

fiddling with

interfering with

tinkering with

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“There are many wolves in sheepskin whose mission is to hoodwink the people at every turn with sugar-coated good-for-nothing promises.”

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