| 单词 | pettifoggery |
| 释义 | (noun) the Senate's procedural pettifoggery Synonyms dishonesty She accused the government of dishonesty and incompetence. fraud He was jailed for two years for fraud. corruption He faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion. cheating deception He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception. deceit The suspect was found guilty of theft, fraud and deceit on an incredible scale. swindling duplicity He was guilty of duplicity in his private dealings. double-dealing There has been some double-dealing. gerrymandering jobbery Additional synonymsin the sense of corruption Definition dishonesty and illegal behaviour He faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion. Synonyms dishonesty, fraud, bribing, fiddling (informal), graft (informal), bribery, extortion, profiteering, breach of trust, demoralization, venality, shady dealings (informal), crookedness (informal), jobbery, unscrupulousness, shadiness, fraudulency in the sense of deceit Definition behaviour intended to deceive The suspect was found guilty of theft, fraud and deceit on an incredible scale. Synonyms lying, fraud, cheating, deception, hypocrisy, cunning, pretence, treachery, dishonesty, guile, artifice, trickery, misrepresentation, duplicity, subterfuge, feint, double-dealing, chicanery, wile, dissimulation, craftiness, imposture, fraudulence, slyness, deceitfulness, underhandedness in the sense of deception Definition the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception. Synonyms trickery, fraud, deceit, hypocrisy, cunning, treachery, guile, duplicity, insincerity, legerdemain, dissimulation, craftiness, fraudulence, deceitfulness, deceptiveness Nearby words of |
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