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Fraudulence

Alt. of Fraudulency

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Chicane 76% connected

The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; tr…

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Chicanery 76% connected

Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deceit 76% connected

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe wha…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deception 76% connected

The act of deceiving or misleading.

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Dishonesty 76% connected

Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.

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Guile 76% connected

Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.

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Misrepresentation 76% connected

Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person'…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trickery 76% connected

The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.

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Wile 76% connected

A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Double-faced 74% connected

Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Double-faced 74% connected

Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.

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Deceit 92% connected

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe wha…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Dupery 92% connected

The act or practice of duping.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Duplicity 92% connected

Doubleness; a twofold state.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fraud 92% connected

Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injure…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hoax 92% connected

A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Humbug 92% connected

An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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