deceitde‧ceit /dɪˈsiːt/ noun [countable, uncountable] 
deceitOrigin:
1200-1300 Old French, Latin decipere; ➔ DECEIVE - He now found himself in a world where deceit was accepted, even expected.
- His political opponents have accused him of corruption and deceit.
- The government has a sad history of deceit in its dealings with Indians.
- Any other parties must be able to allege fraud or deceit.
- Murder, deceit, and malice await Sara when she comes to visit her great-aunt Contessa Belzoni in Venice of the 1880s.
- Often, he'd involved others in the deceit.
- Precisely for this reason, you end up by trusting no one and suspecting everyone of possible deceit.
- The students harboured hidden resentment and committed deceit.
- The wedge this deceit drove between us only served to make me love Kip more.
- This caused an angry confrontation and Minton apologised for his deceit.
- Urban renewal was the greatest deceit True, slum property was being cleared.
when someone tricks or deceives someone► deception the act of deceiving someone, especially by telling them lies: · I'm sure many businessmen use some form of deception, at times, to achieve their objectives.· She was stunned by the lies and deception her husband had used to hide his affairs.
► deceit the act of deceiving someone - use this to show strong disapproval: · His political opponents have accused him of corruption and deceit.· He now found himself in a world where deceit was accepted, even expected.
► set up a situation in which someone is tricked into doing something that results in them being punished: · Is this some kind of a set up? Why should I believe you?· The whole thing was a set up to get Burley to confess.
► trickery especially written the use of clever plans or actions to deceive someone: · It was a piece of political trickery that enraged the opposition.· He's managed to get as far as he has through slick talking and trickery.
► deliberate/calculated/outright deceit► a web of intrigue/deceit/deception/lies etc ► veil of secrecy/deceit/silence etc- He had apparently recovered from his visit to Johanna, hiding his feelings behind the usual veil of secrecy.
- Justice can not prevail under a veil of secrecy or behind doors that do not open.
- The client has thrown a veil of secrecy over the development, with contractors reluctant to discuss the project.
noundeceitdeceiverdeceptionadjectivedeceitfuldeceptiveverbdeceiveadverbdeceptively
an atmosphere of hypocrisy and deceitdeliberate/calculated/outright deceit