[U,C] dishonest behaviour that is intended to make sb believe sth that is not true; an example of this behaviour:
He was accused of lies and deceit. * Everyone was involved in this web of deceit. * Their marriage was an illusion and a deceit.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for deceit is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is deceit a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, deceit is tagged as noun.
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