deceit

Georgescu has not yet commented on the charges, although this month he accused the Romanian authorities of ruling through "deceit, intrigue and division".

That the audience is made privy to this deceit, including how Dennis forced his way into Roman’s life, casts a complex tension on their subsequent heart-to-hearts.

Acting as a special prosecutor, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, secured two felony counts of stealing by deceit and two election-law violations.

“The lies, deceit, exaggerations and misrepresentations need to be addressed with the only thing that can refute them — the true facts.”

But Cochran would later describe the case as “a twilight zone of deceit, dishonesty, betrayal and official corruption.”