False+appearance

  • 111deception — de·cep·tion /di sep shən/ n 1: an act of deceiving 2: something that deceives: deceit Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 112feint — I noun ambush, artifice, camouflage, chicanery, counterfeit, deception, device, disguise, dodge, dupery, duplicity, fakery, false appearance, false pretense, gimmick, illusion, legerdemain, maneuver, mask, masquerade, pass, ploy, prestidigitation …

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  • 113pretense — noun 1) cease this pretense Syn: make believe, putting on an act, acting, dissembling, shamming, faking, feigning, simulation, dissimulation, play acting, posturing; deception, deceit, deceitfulness, fraud, fraudulence, dupl …

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  • 114dissemble — verb (dissembled; dissembling) Etymology: Middle English dissymblen, alteration of dissimulen, from Middle French dissimuler, from Latin dissimulare more at dissimulate Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to hide under a false appearance …

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  • 115assume — [ə so͞om′, əsyo͞om′] vt. assumed, assuming [ME assumen < L assumere, to take up, claim < ad , to + sumere, to take: see CONSUME] 1. to take on or put on (the appearance, form, role, etc. of) 2. to seize; usurp [to assume control] 3. to take …

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  • 116misrepresent — mis·rep·re·sent /mis ˌre pri zent/ vt: to make a misrepresentation about vi: to make a misrepresentation mis·rep·re·sen·ta·tive / ˌre pri zen tə tiv/ adj mis·rep·re·sen·ter n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …

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  • 117dishonest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. false, untrustworthy, deceitful, cheating, fraudulent, crooked. See falsehood, improbity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not honest] Syn. deceiving, lying, untruthful, double dealing, deceitful,… …

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  • 118falsify — To counterfeit or forge; to make something false; to give a false appearance to anything. To make false by mutilation, alteration, or addition; to tamper with, as to falsify a record or document. The word falsify may be used to convey two… …

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  • 119falsify — To counterfeit or forge; to make something false; to give a false appearance to anything. To make false by mutilation, alteration, or addition; to tamper with, as to falsify a record or document. The word falsify may be used to convey two… …

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  • 120Claudius — For other people named Claudius, see Claudius (disambiguation). Claudius 4th Emperor of the Roman Empire …

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