deception
Origin of deception
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- non·de·cep·tion, noun
- pre·de·cep·tion, noun
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Online deception is now a multimillion-dollar global industry, and the emerging economy of misinformation is growing quickly.
Thank you for posting: Smoking’s lessons for regulating social media | Bobbie Johnson | October 5, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe postponement follows the startup’s efforts to pivot from denying allegations of deception to talking up its technology and partnerships to calm investors who have seen the stock price plunge by almost 50% since the company went public in June.
Nikola postpones conference where its electric pickup was supposed to debut | radmarya | September 30, 2020 | FortuneEspecially when there’s deception and mislabeling going into the buys in the first place.
‘Total whack a mole’: Rogue political ads create mounting brand safety problems for publishers | Max Willens | September 25, 2020 | DigidayNiccolò Machiavelli, perhaps the most famous political thinker, endorsed using any strategies available—including cooperation, corruption, and deception—to gain status and maintain political control.
It’s common for telemarketers to disguise themselves in order to trick people to picking up, but the deception takes on another level of seriousness when an election is at stake.
Telemarketer Says Another GOP Campaign Was Behind Phil Graham Robocalls | Jesse Marx | July 10, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
He refused to be drawn on whether the authors might be guilty of a deliberately deception.
She is against the patriarchy, especially when personified in villainous ogres like the Duke of deception.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine | Tom Arnold-Forster | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey see collusion and deception and they say Ankara is determined to subjugate them.
Impotent U.S. Airstrikes, Passive Turks and an ISIS Triumph | Jamie Dettmer | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI felt like that was one of the first moments you ever see Alicia caught in an act of deception.
Julianna Margulies's Favorite 'The Good Wife' Scenes | Julianna Margulies | August 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI loved the volatility to his reaction and the deception, and then her walking away with the security guards to the elevator.
Julianna Margulies's Favorite 'The Good Wife' Scenes | Julianna Margulies | August 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTdeception does not suit the part of a protector, and, when one can do anything without question, where is the use of deception?
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingWith the shrewd cleverness that scarcely ever deserted her, she had forced her temper into the service of deception.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensIn all kinds of deception the Chinese are great adepts, and decidedly more than a match for any Europeans.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferIt seemed to him as if no punishment or penance could atone for such deception and for so great a crime.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kiellanddeception, so hateful to her truthful soul, she was compelled to carry on even against her trusting husband.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James Wills
British Dictionary definitions for deception
/ (dɪˈsɛpʃən) /
the act of deceiving or the state of being deceived
something that deceives; trick
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