deceit
suomi-englanti sanakirjadeceit englannista suomeksi
petos
vilpillisyys, huiputus
Substantiivi
petosyritys, petoksen yritys">petoksen yritys, petos, huiputus, huijaus, harhautus, vilppi
deceit englanniksi
''The whole conversation was merely a deceit.''
An act of deceiving someone.
{{quote-book|en|year=1998|author=Mike Dixon-Kennedy|title=Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology|page=125|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=2U7okUE3PIcC&pg=PA125
(RQ:Bacon Letters and Remains)&93; ſet down, vvhereby the axioms of Sciences are precepted to be made convertible, and vvhich the latter men have not vvithout elegancy ſurnamed; the one the rule of truth, becauſe it preventeth deceipt; the other the rule of prudence, becauſe it freeth election, are the ſame thing in ſpeculation and affirmation, vvhich vve novv obſerve.
(RQ:King James Version)
The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.