Make believe with the intent to deceive.
synoniemen: affect, feign, pretend, sham.
Roget 544:
be false
etc.
adj.,
be a liar
etc.
548;
speak falsely
etc.
adv.;
tell a lie
etc.
546;
lie,
fib;
lie like a trooper;
swear false,
forswear,
perjure oneself,
bear false witness.
misstate,
misquote,
miscite†,
misreport,
misrepresent;
belie,
falsify,
pervert,
distort;
put a false construction upon
etc.
(misinterpret);
prevaricate,
equivocate,
quibble;
palter,
palter to the understanding;
repondre en Normand [Fr.];
trim,
shuffle,
fence,
mince the truth,
beat about the bush,
blow hot and cold,
play fast and loose.
garble,
gloss over,
disguise,
give a color to;
give a gloss,
put a gloss,
put false coloring upon;
color,
varnish,
cook,
dress up,
embroider;
varnish right and puzzle wrong;
exaggerate
etc.
549;
blague†.
invent,
fabricate;
trump up,
get up;
force,
fake,
hatch,
concoct;
romance
etc.
(imagine)
515;
cry 'wolf!'.
dissemble,
dissimulate;
feign,
assume,
put on,
pretend,
make believe;
play possum;
play false,
play a double game;
coquet;
act a part,
play a part;
affect
etc.
855;
simulate,
pass off for;
counterfeit,
sham,
make a show of;
malinger;
say the grapes are sour.
cant,
play the hypocrite,
sham Abraham,
faire pattes de velours,
put on the mask,
clean the outside of the platter,
lie like a conjuror;
hand out false colors,
hold out false colors,
sail under false colors;
commend the poisoned chalice to the lips"
[Macbeth];
ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces [Lat.];
deceive
etc.
545.
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Roget 545:
deceive,
take in;
defraud,
cheat,
jockey,
do,
cozen,
diddle,
nab,
chouse,
play one false,
bilk,
cully†,
jilt,
bite,
pluck,
swindle,
victimize;
abuse;
mystify;
blind one's eyes;
blindfold,
hoodwink;
throw dust into the eyes;
dupe,
gull,
hoax,
fool,
befool†,
bamboozle,
flimflam,
hornswoggle;
trick.
impose upon,
practice upon,
play upon,
put upon,
palm off on,
palm upon,
foist upon;
snatch a verdict;
bluff off,
bluff;
bunko,
four flush [Slang],
gum [U.S.],
spoof [Slang],
stuff
(a ballot box) [U.S.].
circumvent,
overreach;
outreach,
out wit,
out maneuver;
steal a march upon,
give the go-by,
to leave in the lurch decoy,
waylay,
lure,
beguile,
delude,
inveigle;
entrap,
intrap†,
ensnare;
nick,
springe†;
set a trap,
lay a trap,
lay a snare for;
bait the hook,
forelay†,
spread the toils,
lime;
trapan†,
trepan;
kidnap;
let in,
hook in;
nousle†,
nousel†;
blind a trail;
enmesh,
immesh†;
shanghai;
catch,
catch in a trap;
sniggle,
entangle,
illaqueate†,
hocus,
escamoter†,
practice on one's credulity;
hum,
humbug;
gammon,
stuff up [Slang],
sell;
play a trick upon one,
play a practical joke upon one,
put something over on one,
put one over on;
balk,
trip up,
throw a tub to a whale;
fool to the top of one's bent,
send on a fool's errand;
make game,
make a fool of,
make an April fool of†,
make an ass of;
trifle with,
cajole,
flatter;
come over
etc.
(influence)
615;
gild the pill,
make things pleasant,
divert,
put a good face upon;
dissemble
etc.
544.
cog,
cog the dice,
load the dice,
stack the deck;
live by one's wits,
play at hide and seek;
obtain money under false pretenses
etc.
(steal)
791;
conjure,
juggle,
practice chicanery;
deacon [U.S.].
play off,
palm off,
foist off,
fob-off.
lie
etc.
544;
misinform
etc.
538;
mislead
etc.
(error)
495;
betray
etc.
940;
be deceived
etc.
547.
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Nederlands: femelen, huichelen, kwezelen
Behave unnaturally or affectedly.
synoniemen: act, pretend.
Nederlands: kwezelen, femelen, huichelen