deceit

deception dissembling dissimulation fraudulence misrepresentation

dishonesty falsehood falsification falsity misrepresentation untruth

bill of goods blind bluff cheat cheating chicane chicanery delusion dissembling double-dealing duplicity equivocation evasion exaggeration facade fakery feigning four flush fraudulence guile half-truth hanky panky head game hocus-pocus humbug illusion impersonation imposture indirection jiggery-pokery magnification obscurantism overstatement pretence pretending pretense shenanigan simulation skulduggery skullduggery slickness snake oil snow job subterfuge take-in trickery wile window dressing