misrepresentation

Synonyms:

deceit, deception

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bill of goods

communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable

humbug, snake oil

communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive

half-truth

a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead

facade, window dressing

a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

exaggeration, magnification, overstatement

making to seem more important than it really is

snow job

a long and elaborate misrepresentation

dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense

pretending with intention to deceive

blind, subterfuge

something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery

verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

duplicity, fraudulence

a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

equivocation, evasion

a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

bluff

pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

pretext, stalking-horse

something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

hypocrisy, lip service

an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

circumlocution, indirect expression

an indirect way of expressing something

doublespeak

any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not

hedge, hedging

an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

cavil, quibble, quiddity

an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

Type of:

falsehood, falsity, untruth

a false statement

Synonyms:

falsification

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distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting

the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

equivocation, tergiversation

falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

fabrication, lying, prevarication

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation

the act of deceiving

fibbing, paltering

a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear

fakery

the act of faking (or the product of faking)

indirection

deceitful action that is not straightforward

chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

double-dealing, duplicity

acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

cheat, cheating

a deception for profit to yourself

delusion, head game, illusion

the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation

the act of giving a false appearance

impersonation, imposture

pretending to be another person

obscurantism

a deliberate act intended to make something obscure

bluff, four flush

the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

take-in

the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone

Type of:

actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct

activity that transgresses moral or civil law