deception
Example Sentences
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Zuma-Sambudlia has denied intentionally misleading anyone and says she is "profoundly shocked", adding that she herself is a victim of deception and manipulation.
From BBC
Other people felt the fallout from Miles's deceptions.
From BBC
What has stunned his former colleagues and mentors is the sheer breadth of his apparent deception.
That was a lie, he later admitted, a “tiny deception operation” devised to conceal an even more banal truth: that he just couldn’t remember.
From New York Times
That that ploy of taking advantage of familiarity, taking advantage of the sorts of habits we have and targeting them is how a lot of deception works.
From Salon
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