deception

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From Middle English decepcioun, from Old French decepcion, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive”).

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mashtrim — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Arabic: خِدَاع (ḵidāʕ) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Arabic: خَدْع (ḵadʕ) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Armenian: խաբեբայություն (xabebayutʻyun) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Azerbaijani: aldatma — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Belarusian: падма́н (padmán) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Bengali: প্রবঞ্চনা (proboncona) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Bulgarian: изма́ма (izmáma) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Bulgarian: лъжа́ (lǎžá) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Bulgarian: заблужде́ние (zabluždénie) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Catalan: engany — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Chinese Mandarin: 騙局 /骗局 (piànjú) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Chinese Mandarin: 欺騙 /欺骗 (qīpiàn) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Chinese Mandarin: 欺詐 /欺诈 (qīzhà) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Czech: podvod — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Czech: klam — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Czech: balamucení — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Danish: bedrag — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Dutch: bedrog — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Dutch: bedriegerij — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Dutch: misleiding — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Esperanto: trompo — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Estonian: pettus — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Finnish: petos — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• French: supercherie — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• French: tromperie — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Galician: engano — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Galician: calote — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Georgian: მოტყუება (moṭq̇ueba) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• German: Betrug — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• German: Betrügerei — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• German: Täuschung — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Greek: απάτη (apáti) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Hebrew: אֲחִיזַת עֵינַיִם (aḥizát 'ēnáim) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Hebrew: מִרְמָה (mirma) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Hindi: धोखा (dhokhā) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Hindi: छल (chal) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Hindi: झाँसा (jhā̃sā) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Hungarian: megtévesztés — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Icelandic: blekking — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Irish: bréag — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Italian: mistificazione — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Italian: inganno — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Italian: sotterfugio — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Italian: raggiro — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Italian: frode — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Japanese: ごまかし (gomakashi) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Japanese: いんちき (inchiki) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Japanese: 欺瞞 (giman) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Japanese: 欺騙 (gihen) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Kazakh: алдау (aldau) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Korean: 기만 (giman) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Korean: 속임 (sogim) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Korean: 사기 (sagi) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Central Kurdish: بێ باوەڕی: چاوبەست (bê bawerrî) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Central Kurdish: فڕوفێڵ (frrufêll) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Northern Kurdish: xapandin — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Kyrgyz: алдоо (aldoo) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Latin: captiō — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Latin: dolus — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Latvian: maldināšana — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Lithuanian: apgavystė — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Macedonian: измама (izmama) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Malay: penipuan — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Norwegian Bokmål: bedrag — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Old English: ġedwolcræft — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Old English: swiccræft — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Persian: فریب (farib) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Polish: oszustwo — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Polish: bałamuctwo — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Portuguese: enganação — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Portuguese: engano — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Portuguese: logro — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Romanian: decepție — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Romanian: amăgire — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Russian: обма́н (obmán) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Russian: ложь (ložʹ) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Russian: заблужде́ние (zabluždénije) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏бмана — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Serbo-Croatian: пре̏вара — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Serbo-Croatian: прије̑вара — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍbmana — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Serbo-Croatian: prȅvara — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Serbo-Croatian: prijȇvara — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Sicilian: ingannu — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Slovak: podvod — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Slovene: prevara — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Spanish: engaño — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Spanish: socaliña — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Spanish: decebimiento — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Spanish: engañifla — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Spanish: engañifa — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Swedish: bedrägeri — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Tajik: фиреб (fireb) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Tatar: алдау (aldaw) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Tatar: алдак (aldaq) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Thai: การหลอกลวง — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Tocharian B: kuhākäññe — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Tocharian B: tārśi — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Turkish: kandırma — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Turkish: yanıltma — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Turkish: aldatma — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Turkmen: aldaw — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Ukrainian: обма́н (obmán) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Urdu: دھوکا (dhokhā) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Urdu: فریب (farīb) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Uyghur: ئالداش (aldash) — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Uzbek: aldash — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Uzbek: firib — instance of actions fabricated to mislead
• Vietnamese: sự lừa dối — instance of actions fabricated to mislead