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To the extent Neanderthals were like us, they must have been capable of acts of great kindness and empathy, but also cruelty, violence, and deceit.

Petzold loves his romantic bargains, his meditations on longing, obsession and deceit, and he unfurls all of that seductive cloth of gold in Undine.

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His deceit was wide-ranging and unsettling, and prompted questions within the publishing industry about authorship, privilege and identity.

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He explains the phenomenon of deceit in general, and self-deception in particular, with the same plain language and gentle authority that his listeners have come to rely on.

The Washington Post’s examination of a private conservative gathering included numerous appeals from presenters to this alleged threat looming over the country, a threat manifested in fraud, deceit and civil unrest.

“I was truly appalled by the realization of the deceit involved,” Bradlee wrote.

Just like a Law & Order episode, the Mississippi Senate race has featured felonies, courtroom drama, lies, and deceit.

For years now, deceit has been an institutional norm in facilities across the VA.

He lines his pockets when opportunities arise, and gets ahead of domestic rivals by craft and deceit.

But these two pillars of support for lethal injection have always been based on a form of deceit.

This is one of the fundamentals in that large class of cases growing out of deceit.

As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.

Do not believe this; be certain that those who profess such a doctrine are practising themselves the deceit they condemn so much.

The party seeking redress, must have been deceived, and also injured by the deceit in order to recover.

Thus, where such pure, noble feelings do not exist, the mere forms of politeness become hypocrisy and deceit.

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On this page you'll find 164 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to deceit, such as: chicanery, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, fraud, and hypocrisy.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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