misrepresentation

deceit deception falsification

actus reus falsehood falsity misconduct untruth wrongdoing wrongful conduct

bill of goods blind deceit deception dissembling dissimulation distortion duplicity equivocation evasion exaggeration fabrication facade feigning fraudulence half-truth hanky panky hocus-pocus humbug jiggery-pokery lying magnification overrefinement overstatement pretence pretense prevarication skulduggery skullduggery slickness snake oil snow job straining subterfuge tergiversation torture trickery twisting window dressing