deception
/dɪˈsepʃən/noun
mass noun
1- the action of deceiving someone欺诈, 行骗:
obtaining property by deception.
靠欺诈获取财产。
1.1
- count noun a thing that deceives骗局, 圈套:
a range of elaborate deceptions.
一系列精心策划的圈套。
词源
late Middle English: from late Latin deceptio(n-), from decipere 'deceive'.