#deception__deceit__dissembling__dissimulation  the act of deceiving
  supertype:  falsification__misrepresentation__falsehood  a willful act of falsifying
  subtype:  fakery  the act of faking (or the product of faking)
  subtype:  indirection.deception  deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats"
  subtype:  chicanery__trickery__guile__wile__shenanigan  the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
     subtype:  fraudulence__fraud__dupery__hoax__humbug__put-on__puton  something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
        subtype:  goldbrick  anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
     subtype:  jugglery.chicanery  artful trickery designed to achieve an end; "the senator's tax program was mere jugglery"
  subtype:  double-dealing__duplicity  acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
  subtype:  cheat__cheating  a deception for profit to yourself
     subtype:  gerrymander  an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
  subtype:  head_game__delusion__illusion  the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
  subtype:  pretending__pretense__pretence__simulation__feigning  the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
     subtype:  appearance.pretending__show  pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"
     subtype:  make-believe  the enactment of a pretense
     subtype:  affectation__mannerism__pose  a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
        subtype:  attitude  a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"
     subtype:  masquerade  making a false outward show; "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"
  subtype:  imposture__impersonation  pretending to be another person
  subtype:  obscurantism  a deliberate act intended to make something obscure
  subtype:  four_flush__bluff  the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

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