Deception

‘Deception’ is the the action of deceiving someone or a thing that deceives. Contextually, behavior is often seen as deceptive (deceptive action). Deception may be a necessary feature of a type of successful crime, such as types of fraud. 
Deception is used e.g. in argument; convincing; propaganda. (Deceptive argument.)
synonyms: deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, double-dealing, fraud, fraudulence, cheating, trickery, duping, hoodwinking, chicanery, underhandedness, deviousness, slyness, cunning, craft, craftiness, wiliness, artfulness, guile, dissimulation, dissembling, bluff, bluffing, lying, pretence, artifice, treachery; informalcrookedness, monkey business, funny business, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, kidology; informalmonkeyshines; informalcodology; (archaic) management, knavery "the court found that they had obtained money by deception"Deceptive measures include concealment, imitation with decoys and dummies, manoeuvres intended to deceive, denial, and disinformation.Russian military deception. English Wikipedia. R. Apr, 2022.
== Rhizomata ==
* Error; Craftiness; Foul-play; Foolishness; Pseudo-intellectuality; Honesty; Truth
* Military deception;