1 [U] the act of deliberately making sb believe sth that is not true:
a drama full of lies and deception * He was accused of obtaining property by deception.
2 [C] a trick intended to make sb believe sth that is not true:
The whole episode had been a cruel deception.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is deception a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, deception is tagged as noun.
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