DECEPTION Crossword Clue & Answer

gyp gag lie con fib sin

dirt face fake flam gilt gull gaff hoax hype harm pose ploy ride ruse rape sell sham show scam skit trap trip wile airs evil joke mask vice lies

blind bluff cheat color craft crime decoy dodge dream feint fraud front fancy farce fault folly gloss guile graft put on snare spoof sting trick taint theft vapor abuse error lying magic mania wrong

acting autism attack bubble burial breach deceit dupery duping device dotage facade fakery faking fiddle felony frenzy frills hiding humbug impose idiocy infamy mirage posing parody phoney rip off rip-off ripoff racket vapour vision gammon lunacy oddity satire

burying badness battery bigotry bribery chicane chimera cunning cruelty charade dereism deceive evasion eyewash fallacy falsity finesse fooling fantasy fencing fantasm gimmick gulling kidding knavery masking mislead madness misdeed posture pretext perfidy secrecy seeming sleight snow job sophism swindle slyness sinning swagger varnish affront amentia anomaly assault inanity jobbery lampoon lechery oddness offence outrage robbery takeoff untruth

artifice atrocity betrayal bluffing baseness cheating clouding coloring covering coercion cozenage daydream delusion disguise delirium dementia fakement false air feigning flimflam foul play flattery foulness illusion intrigue iniquity insanity phantasm pretence pretense paranoia spoofing senility stealing straying trickery thievery touching travesty trespass trumpery enormity exaction handling jugglery mischief nepotism neurosis quackery rambling varletry venality vileness villainy wildness wiliness

befooling barbarity blackmail brutality burlesque casuistry chicanery colouring conjuring craziness darkening dreamland duplicity deceiving departure depravity deviation diablerie diversion false show falseness falsehood fourberie hypocrisy imposture interment ignorance imitation misbelief manoeuvre mendacity pipe dream phenakism pollution pomposity psychosis screening secretion semblance sophistry stratagem shuffling silliness treachery tampering absurdity extortion unbalance violation wandering

appearance aberration absurdness affliction alienation artfulness camouflage covering up covertness craftiness caricature corruption defrauding dishonesty dreamworld debauchery defilement divergence entrapment false front hanky-panky hiddenness hocus-pocus humbuggery masquerade malignance malignancy playacting pretension pasquinade perversion red herring redherring self-deceit simulacrum simulation subterfuge sanctimony sinfulness sycophancy imposition imbecility immorality infidelity infraction inhumanity insaneness oafishness wickedness wrongdoing

affectation airy nothing abnormality abomination concealment counterfeit criminality crookedness dissembling dream vision degradation derangement deviousness dissolution false belief fraudulence fabrication foolishness hoodwinking heinousness ignis fatuus indirection insincerity legerdemain obscuration obscurement occultation ostentation outward show putting away psychopathy supercherie skulduggery showmanship kleptomania machination malfeasance molestation unsoundness viciousness

dissemblance entanglement equivocation embezzlement four-flushing gobbledegook invisibility manipulation mindlessness misbehaviour misdemeanour overreaching self-delusion song and dance speciousness spuriousness adulteration affectedness profiteering unctuousness

circumvention concealedness contamination deceptiveness deluded belief dissimulation double-dealing deceitfulness hallucination misconception mystification monstrousness self-deception sharp practice schizophrenia senselessness victimization artificiality atrociousness faithlessness falsification irrationality orchestration prevarication transgression unreliability

attitudinizing castle in the air representation tergiversation window dressing perfidiousness untruthfulness

wishful thinking wrong impression underhandedness

meretriciousness preposterousness prestidigitation

misrepresentation sanctimoniousness

uncommunicativeness