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dolus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deceit noun The act of deliberately misleading someone; a trick or lie meant to fool someone.
  • deception noun An action or scheme designed to make someone believe something untrue.
  • guile noun Clever, often sly or dishonest, cunning used to deceive or manipulate.
  • strategy noun A carefully worked-out plan for reaching a particular goal, especially over the long term.
  • trick noun An action meant to deceive, fool, or outsmart someone.
  • trickery noun The use of deceit or clever schemes to mislead or cheat someone.

Senses

dolus is used for these senses in English:

  • deceit An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
  • deception An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
  • guile Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
  • trick Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
  • trickery (countable, uncountable) Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.

deceit — full definition

  1. noun The act of deliberately misleading someone; a trick or lie meant to fool someone.
  2. noun In law, a false statement made knowingly or recklessly to trick someone into relying on it, causing them harm.

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