1. (noun) the act of deceiving

• deceit
• deception
• dissembling

1. (noun) the act of deceiving

• bluff
• four flush
• cheat
• cheating
• chicane
• chicanery
• guile
• shenanigan
• trickery
• wile
• delusion
• head game
• illusion
• double-dealing
• duplicity
• fakery
• feigning
• pretence
• pretending
• pretense
• simulation
• impersonation
• imposture
• indirection
• obscurantism
• take-in

1. (noun) the act of deceiving

• falsification
• misrepresentation

1. (noun) the act of deceiving

• betray
• deceive
• lead astray
• cozen
• deceive
• delude
• lead on
• dissimulate