обма́н — meaning in English
obman
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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.
- delusion noun A firmly held false belief, maintained even against clear evidence.
- dishonesty noun The quality or practice of lying, cheating, or deceiving.
- guile noun Clever, often sly or dishonest, cunning used to deceive or manipulate.
- hoax noun Something made up on purpose to trick or deceive people.
- illusion noun A false or misleading impression created by something that appears real.
- lie verb To be in or move into a horizontal, resting position.
- scam noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick people out of money.
- spoof noun A humorous imitation that pokes fun at something, especially a film, show, or genre.
- subterfuge noun A trick or deceptive scheme used to avoid something or achieve a hidden goal.
- swindle verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.
- 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
обма́н is used for these senses in English:
- deception An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
- delusion The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
- dishonesty (countable) An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest.
- guile Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
- hoax Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
- illusion (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.
- lie An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- scam A fraudulent deal.
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.
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