#falsification__misrepresentation__falsehood a willful act of falsifying
supertype: knavery__dishonesty lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
subtype: frame-up__frameup__setup an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
subtype: overrefinement__distortion__straining__torture the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
subtype: tergiversation__equivocation falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
subtype: lying__prevarication__fabrication the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
subtype: fibbing__paltering a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
subtype: deception__deceit__dissembling__dissimulation the act of deceiving
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
subtype: forgery criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
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