Word
Deceit
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
de-ceit
Definition
- n. - An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error;
any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or
causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap;
deception; a wily device; fraud.
- n. - Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or
underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby
effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation.
Advertisements
2 Syllable Words Starting with?
