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"word": "Abraham suit"
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"word": "bunco"
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"word": "confidence game"
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"word": "duplicity"
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"word": "Potemkin village"
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"word": "خِدَاع"
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"word": "خَدْع"
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"word": "প্রবঞ্চনা"
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"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"code": "nl",
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"tags": [
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"word": "trompo"
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{
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"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "pettus"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "petos"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "supercherie"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
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"word": "tromperie"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calote"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moṭq̇ueba",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "მოტყუება"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Betrug"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Betrügerei"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "el",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"word": "bréag"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "欺瞞"
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"word": "欺騙"
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{
"code": "ang",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ġedwolcræft"
},
{
"code": "fa",
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{
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izmama",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "измама"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "penipuan"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bedrag"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ġedwolcræft"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "farib",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "فریب"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "oszustwo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bałamuctwo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "enganação"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "engano"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "logro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decepție"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amăgire"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obmán",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обма́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "lie",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ložʹ",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ложь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "delusion",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zabluždénije",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "заблужде́ние"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "о̏бмана"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "пре̏вара"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "прије̑вара"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ȍbmana"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "prȅvara"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "prijȇvara"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podvod"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prevara"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "engaño"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "socaliña"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bedrägeri"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "fireb",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "фиреб"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "aldaw",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "алдау"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "aldaq",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "алдак"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "การหลอกลวง"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "kuhākäññe"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "tārśi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "kandırma"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "yanıltma"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "aldatma"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "aldaw"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obmán",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обма́н"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "dhokhā",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "دھوکا"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "farīb",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "فریب"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "aldash",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "ئالداش"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "aldash"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "firib"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "instance of actions fabricated to mislead",
"word": "sự lừa dối"
}
],
"word": "deception"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": çawbest vs. bê bawerrî",
"path": [
"deception"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "deception",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "translations/611",
"msg": "suspicious translation with ': ': {'lang': 'Central Kurdish', 'code': 'ckb', 'sense': 'instance of actions fabricated to mislead', 'roman': 'bê bawerrî', 'word': 'بێ باوەڕی: چاوبەست'}",
"path": [
"deception"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "deception",
"trace": ""
}
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