DeceitA made with the express intention of defrauding someone, which subsequently causes injury to that person.In order for a statement to be deceit, it must be untrue, made with knowledge of its falsity, or made in reckless disregard of the truth. The misrepresentation must be such that it causes harm to another individual. Dishonesty, fraudulent conduct, false statements made knowing them to be untrue, by which the liar intends to deceive a party receiving the statements and expects the party to believe and rely on them. This is a civil wrong (tort) giving rise to the right of a person reasonably relying on such dishonesty to the point of his/her injury to sue the deceiver. (See:, ) deceit the tort of making a fraudulent statement committed where the defendant knowingly or recklessly makes a false representation intending that the plaintiff should act upon it where the plaintiff does act and to his detriment.

In Scotland similar facts would be litigated as the delict fraud.DECEIT, tort. A fraudulent. Misrepresentation or contrivance, by which oneman deceives another, who has no means of detecting the fraud, to the injuryand damage of the latter.2. Fraud, or the intention to deceive, is the very essence of thisinjury, for if the party misrepresenting was himself mistaken, no blame canattach to him. The representation must be made malo animo, but whether ornot the party is himself to gain by it, is wholly immaterial.3. Deceit may not only be by asserting a falsehood deliberately to theinjury of another as, that Paul is in flourishing circumstances, whereas heis in truth insolvent; that Peter is an honest man, when he knew him to bea, rogue; that property, real or personal, possesses certain qualities, orbelongs to the vendor, whereas he knew these things to be false; but by anyact or demeanor which would naturally impress the mind of a careful man witha mistaken belief.4. Therefore, if one whose manufactures are of a superior quality,distinguishes them by a particular mark, which facts are known to Peter, andPaul counterfeits this work, and affixes them to articles of the samedescription, but not made by such person, and sells them to Peter as goodsof such manufacture, this is a deceit.5.

‘He's a deceitful, cowardly, treacherous and thoroughly unlikable man.’ ‘It did not necessarily mean that any of the witnesses were being deliberately deceitful and dishonest.’ ‘Symkyn was extremely deceitful and dishonest in his work and cheated the college most of all.’. Synonyms for deceitful at Thesaurus.com with free online thesaurus. dih-seet-fuhl SEE DEFINITION OF deceitful. Adj.dishonest, insincere.

Again, the vendor having a knowledge of a defect in a commoditywhich cannot be obvious to the buyer, does not disclose it, or, if apparent,uses an artifice and conceals it, he has been guilty of a fraudulentmisrepresentation for there is an implied condition in every contract thatthe parties to it act upon equal terms, and the seller is presumed to haveassured or represented to the vendee that he is not aware of any secretdeficiencies by which the commodity is impaired, and that he has noadvantage which himself does not possess.6. But in all these cases the party injured must have no means ofdetecting the fraud, for if he has such means his ignorance will not availhim in that case he becomes the willing dupe of the other's artifice, andvolenti non fit injuria. For example, if a horse is sold wanting an eye, andthe defect is visible to a common observer, the purchaser cannot be said tobe deceived, for by inspection he might discover it, but if the blindnessis only discoverable by one experienced in such diseases, and the vendee isan inexperienced person, it is a deceit, provided the seller knew of thedefect.7. The remedy for a deceit, unless the right of action has beensuspended or discharged, is by an action of trespass on the case.

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The oldwrit of deceit was brought for acknowledging a fine, or the like, in anothername, and this being a perversion of law to an evil purpose, and a highcontempt, the act was laid contra pacem, and a fine imposed upon theoffender. Disceit; Vin Abr.

When two or more persons unite in a deceit upon another, they may beindicted for a conspiracy. (q.v.) Vide, generally, 2 Bouv. 2321-29; Skin. 52-65; 1 Lev. 247; 1 Strange, 583; D Roll.Abr.

106; 7 Barr, Rep. 296; 11 Serg. 309, 310; Com. Action uponthe case for a deceit; Chancery, 3 F 1 and 2; 3 M 1; 3 N 1; 4 D 3; 4 H 4; 4L 1; 4 O 2; Covin; Justices of the Peace, B 30; Pleader, 2 H; 1 Vin. Ab.560; 8 Vin. 51; Dane's Ab.

Index, h.t.; 1 Chit. 99 2 Day, 531; 12 Mass. 181; 2 Day, 205, 381; 4 Yeates, 522; 18 John.

23; 4Bibb, 91; 1 N. Vide, also, articles Equality; Fraud; Lie.Want to thank TFD for its existence?, add a link to this page, or visit.Link to this page.

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adjective Given to cheating or deceiving.
• adjective Deliberately misleading; deceptive. synonym: dishonest.

from The Century Dictionary.

• Full of deceit; tending to mislead, deceive, or insnare; tricky; fraudulent; cheating.
• SynonymsDeceptive, Deceitful, etc. (see deceptive), delusive, fallacious, insincere, hypocritical, false, hollow.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjectivedeliberatelymisleading or cheating
• adjectivedeceptive in multiple ways

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• adjective marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
• adjective intended to deceive

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• The counselor to the president's accusing the network of what it calls deceitful editing, twisting the president's words.

• And then it was that we told the 'innocent child' (that's what we call the deceitful cat) everything.

• And then it was that we told the 'innocent child' (that's what we call the deceitful cat) everything.

• For CBS to run an ad during a family event from an organization so hateful and deceitful is shameful.

• Amazingly the train halted along the dark countryside, from time to time indulging in short, deceitful movements backward or forward, and whistling harsh paeans into the high October night.

• And while it's hard to hear yourself called deceitful and manipulative, I remember Ben Franklin's admonition that our critics are our friends, for they do show us our faults.

• Amazingly the train halted along the dark countryside, from time to time indulging in short, deceitful movements backward or forward, and whistling harsh paeans into the high October night.

• 'If you call her deceitful, what are you?' he sputtered.

• I must weave a veil of dazzling falsehood to hide my grief from vulgar eyes, smoothe my brow, and paint my lips in deceitful smiles -- even in solitude I dare not think how lost I am, lest I become insane and rave. Deadly convoy online.

• And while it's hard to hear yourself called deceitful and manipulative, I remember Ben Franklin's admonition that our critics are our friends, for they do show us our faults.

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