deception Synonyms

deceit misrepresentation illusion trick fraud guile hoax chicanery sham ruse conjuration dissimulation dissembling cunning ploy dishonesty trickery legerdemain artifice magic stratagem scam lying falsehood swindle self-deceit swindling slickness sanctimony take-in talcous self-deception subterfuge setup sophism sneakiness slyness sophistry sleight shiftiness stealth self-delusion subreption quibbling quackery paralogy paralogism panurgy overreaching obscurement