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  • 71deception — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Misrepresentation Nouns 1. (act of deceiving) deception, deceptiveness; falseness, falsehood, untruth; imposition, imposture, misinformation, disinformation; fraud, fraudulence, deceit, deceitfulness,… …

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  • 72fraud — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deception, swindle; imposture, artifice; confidence man; impostor, humbug, bunco (inf.). See evildoer, stealing. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Deceit] Syn. trickery, duplicity, cheating, sharp practice; see… …

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  • 73trick — [[t]trɪk[/t]] n. 1) a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, or stratagem intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse 2) a roguish or mischievous act; practical joke; prank 3) a clever or ingenious device or expedient; adroit technique: the… …

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  • 74trick — /trɪk / (say trik) noun 1. a crafty or fraudulent device, expedient, or proceeding; an artifice, stratagem, ruse, or wile. 2. a deceptive or illusory appearance; mere semblance. 3. a roguish or mischievous performance; prank: to play a trick on… …

  • 75jug|gle — «JUHG uhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.i. 1. to do tricks that require skill of hand or eye: »He juggled with knives by balancing them on his nose. 2. Figurative. to play tricks; use trickery: »It sidesteps burning issues in order to juggle with …

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  • 76Treachery — Treach er*y, n. [OE. trecher[ i]e, trichere, OF. trecherie, tricherie, F. tricherie trickery, from tricher to cheat, to trick, OF. trichier, trechier; probably of Teutonic origin. See {Trickery}, {Trick}.] Violation of allegiance or of faith and… …

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  • 77cheat — I. verb Etymology: 2cheat Date: 1590 transitive verb 1. to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud 2. to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice 3. to elude or thwart by or as if by outwitting < cheat death >&#8230; …

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  • 78dodge — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1575 1. an act of evading by sudden bodily movement 2. a. an artful device to evade, deceive, or trick b. expedient II. verb (dodged; dodging) …

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  • 79Capoeira — Infobox martial art logo = logocaption = logosize = imagecaption = Capoeira or the Dance of War by Johann Moritz Rugendas, 1825, published 1835 imagesize = name = Capoeira aka = focus = Acrobatics Kicking Martial arts country = flagicon|BRA&#8230; …

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  • 80Cartography — Cartographer redirects here. For the album by E.S. Posthumus, see Cartographer (album). A nautical chart of the Mediterranean Sea from the second quarter of the 14th century. It is the oldest original cartographic artifact in the Library of&#8230; …

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