Deceit
Crossword Clue and Answers

Looking for answers to the "Deceit" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 21 crossword solutions for Deceit.

We most recently saw this clue in Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

We deem Deceit to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 21 times in a variety of crossword publications.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Tuesday, 7 Sep 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Tuesday, 11 May 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 29 Apr 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 31 Dec 2020
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 17 Sep 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Crossword Answers

4 letters

RUSE
A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

5 letters

GUILE
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

FRAUD
Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

LYING
The deliberate act of deviating from the truth

TRICK
(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

6 letters

FAKERY
The act of faking (or the product of faking)

8 letters

TRICKERY
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

CHEATING
A deception for profit to yourself

9 letters

DUPLICITY
Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

DECEPTION
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

TREACHERY
An act of deliberate betrayal

CHICANERY
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

FALSENESS
The quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

10 letters

SUBTERFUGE
Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"

DISHONESTY
The quality of being dishonest

11 letters

DISSEMBLING
The act of deceiving

FRAUDULENCE
The quality of being fraudulent

EVASIVENESS
Intentionally vague or ambiguous

13 letters

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DISSIMULATION
The act of deceiving

17 letters

MISREPRESENTATION
A willful perversion of facts

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