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