suggestio falsi
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When, however, Palikao was willing to speak he often did so untruthfully, repeatedly adding the suggestio falsi to the suppressio veri.
From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
He has more to say and more opportunities to deceive the jury, not only by naked lying, but by both suppressio veri and suggestio falsi.
From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by S. O. (Silas Orrin) Howes
A Madrid paper asserted that "an important and friendly conference" had been held between the Minister and Mr. Layard, which, to say the least, was a suggestio falsi.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by John Augustus O'Shea
This part of the epistle, a cunning combination of the suppressio veri and suggestio falsi, was given to all the others who were in the plot to copy.
From Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Frank Feller
Lyveden swallowed the suggestio falsi without a thought.
From Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates
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