The story is about theft, fraud, and deceit on an incredible scale.
Synonym
dissimulation formal
Meaning of deceit in English
(Definition of deceit from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of deceit from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
deceit | Business English
Examples of deceit
deceit
The trial is expected to last several weeks and include allegations of deceit, greed and illicit backroom deals.
From New York Daily News
Here are 30 pictures that set the table for the annual storytelling banquet of danger, duplicity, deception, double-dealing and deceit.
From cleveland.com
Among our closest cousins the monkeys and apes, deceit is pervasive.
From Huffington Post
Violence, manipulation, deceit and controlling behaviors are often their modus operandi.
From CNN
Face can be "stolen" through deceit or granted as a gift.
From Huffington Post
Back in 2002, as police peeled away the layers of deceit, she had an intuition.
From NBCNews.com
We were all complicit because everyone in life generally defines some large part of their reality by the ego's endless fear-based deceit and delusion.
From TIME
It was no match for channeling anger and frustration through lies and deceit.
From Los Angeles Times
Over the course of his decades in the public eye, he clearly has shown the capacity for willful deceit.
From Huffington Post
Ruses and other types of deceit are used at all levels of law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times
Violent felonies and those involving fraud, deceit or embezzlement also are grounds for refusal of a license.
From Los Angeles Times
Cheating is based on lies and deceit and there are usually feelings involved, even if the feelings are guilt and fear.
From Huffington Post
Yet even after the company acknowledged its deceit, the accreditors chose not to revoke their seal of approval.
From Huffington Post
Deceit, no matter how big or small is still deceit.
From Los Angeles Times
And as in normal life, no planning can take into account that a romance begun in deceit might actually turn into a genuine, passionate affair.
From Foreign Policy
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だますこと, 詐欺（さぎ）…
aldatma, düzen, hile…
tromperie [feminine], tromperie…
enganys…
bedrog…
bedrageri…
bedrägeri, svek…
penipuan…
der Betrug…
lureri [neuter], bedrageri [neuter], svik…
обман, брехня…
обман…
خِداع…
podvod…
penipuan…
การหลอกลวง…
sự lừa dối…
oszustwo, fałsz…
속임수, 사기…
falsità, inganno, raggiro…
