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   Deceit , n. [OF. deceit, desçait, decept (cf. deceite, deçoite), fr. L. deceptus deception, fr. decipere. See Deceive.]
   An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud.
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   Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit.
   Amos viii. 5.
   
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   Friendly to man, far from deceit or guile.
   Milton.
   
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   Yet still we hug the dear deceit.
   N. Cotton.
   
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   (Law) Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation.
   Syn. -- Deception; fraud; imposition; duplicity; trickery; guile; falsifying; double-dealing; stratagem. See Deception.
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