deception

• The initial deception is no less real, and it is precisely this that fascinates. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1
• It should be said that nobody, not Allie, not Gibreel, not even the professional phone-tappers they brought in, ever suspected the calls of being a single man's work; but for Saladin Chamcha, once renowned (if only in somewhat specialist circles) as the Man of a Thousand Voices, such a deception was a simple matter, entirely lacking in effort or risk. —  The Satanic Verses
• Yet when a company uses deception -- deception accounting to hide reality, executives should lose all their compensation -- all their compensation -- gained by the deceit. —  CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2002
• RUMSFELD: The word deception is an interesting one because it would be wrong to use the word in any context other than a strategic or tactical deception. —  CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2002
• MCINTYRE: Key to the deception were these two army helicopters repaint white as a disguise. —  CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008

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