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as in fraudulent
marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value
charged the store owner with such deceitful practices as inflating the list prices for items only so he could put them on sale at drastically reduced prices
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as in deceptive
tending or having power to deceive
the deceitful salesman neglected to mention some important information about the used car
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Recent Examples of deceitful
The defense has painted a picture of a deceitful web of people in O’Keefe’s social network who saw Read as a scapegoat for his death.
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Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
These reactions mirror talking points found in the online manosphere, the network of forums, podcasts, and content creators who frame women, especially Black women, as manipulative and deceitful.
—Susan Akyeampong, Refinery29, 16 May 2025
Unfortunately, a deceitful narrative was presented.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Accountability Who signs off on consequences when the AI is wrong or deceitful?
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
These reactions mirror talking points found in the online manosphere, the network of forums, podcasts, and content creators who frame women, especially Black women, as manipulative and deceitful.
—Susan Akyeampong, Refinery29, 16 May 2025
Unfortunately, a deceitful narrative was presented.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Accountability Who signs off on consequences when the AI is wrong or deceitful?
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceitful
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About 86% of the fraudulent claims for Medicare happened from December 2017 on.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
29 July 2025
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An Arizona woman has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for her role in a fraudulent scheme that helped North Koreans obtain remote IT positions at 309 US companies, including an unnamed member of the Fortune 500.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
26 July 2025
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Falter, 28, is a deceptive lefty under team control through 2028 who is enjoying his best season, with a 3.73 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP in 22 starts.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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The attackers use deceptive ads that imitate popular cryptocurrency brands like Binance, TradingView, ByBit and MetaMask.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Writing faculty have both the agency and the academic freedom to examine generative AI’s dishonest training origins and conclude: There is no path to ethically teach AI skills.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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So, in that moment, the things that are coming out of my mouth are not dishonest.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
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The leaders who rise—and the companies that outperform—will be those that refuse the false trade-off.—
Jack Zenger,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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One of the things your piece says is that, essentially for the entire duration of the war, there’ve been false warnings about a hunger crisis.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
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“Deceitful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceitful. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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