the act of causing a person to accept as true or genuine something that is false
practice of misleading
Cases of word usage
1) to use flattery or deceit to persuade, get information etc from, (a person) (cajole)
2) (of a person) using deceit or trickery to her or his advantage (calculating)
3) showing skill in trickery of the deceit (crafty)
4) to get a person to accept something of little or no value by deceit or trickery (fob)
5) clever deceit (guile)
6) not aware of, feeling the possibility of, deceit or danger (unsuspecting)
