History
History
Synonyms
UK
US
Meaning:
dishonest

not honest

lying, untruthful

feint

a pretence (the more usual word)

pretence

fraud

(an act of) criminal dishonesty; a person who pretends to be qualified, to have authority or to want to be kind, but who is or does not

trickery, deception

joke

something said or done to cause amusement

fun, quip

HOODWINKING as in Wiktionary
HOODWINKING as in Wikipedia