обман — meaning in English

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

обман 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

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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