one philosopher has theorized that language must have been invented for the sole purpose of deception.
骗人 (v.)
deceive
gull (海鸥）be gulled into...
hoodwink (deceive by tricks)
bluff ( to fool others by exaggerating)
fabricate (to weave untrue stories)
concoct (to cook untrue stories)
hoax ( deceive with humorous malice)
inveigle (persuade by deception)
beguile (persuade by charming or enchanting 逼格）
cajole (persuade by flattery)
coax (persuade by flattery)
finagle (骗取）
** 假装(v.)**
pretend
feign (feint 虚晃一枪）
assume
counterfeit
affect
profess (formal:to declare when it's not true)
sham ( Is he really sick or he is just shamming?)
simulate (I tried to simulate surprise at the news.)
掩盖 (v.) , make truth not visible
belie
disguise
camouflage
occult
conceal
cloak (披风）
veil
curtain
shroud （裹尸布）
enshroud **
blot ... out (墨迹，污点）（clouds blotted out the sun. He tried to blot out the image of Helen's sad face.)
obscure
dissemble 掩饰真实情感或意图
dissimulate = dissemble
**回避，敷衍 (make truth not clear) **
prevaricate
equivocate
palter
fudge (回避，敷衍）
hedge (avoid, surround)
weasel (猥琐，黄鼠狼）He's trying to weasel out the agreement.
** 骗子 n.**
impostor 顶替者
charlatan 装内行的骗子
fake
fraud
hoaxer 油滑骗子
humbug 虚伪的人(水果硬糖）
mountebank 江湖骗子
phony 骗子
pretender
quack 庸医 (鸭子叫）
quacksalver 骗子托盘
ringer 顶替的枪手（枪马）
sham 假情假意的人
** 骗术 **
artifice
trickery
deceit
duplicity
guile
cunning
artfulness
wiliness (wily 狡猾的）
craftiness
slyness (狡诈，鬼鬼祟祟）
chicanery (诡计）
fraud
fraudulence
** 谣言，谎言 **
slander
canard
calumny
libel
aspersions
obloquy
slur
smear
mudslinging
contumely
** 掺假，伪造毁坏纯的东西或艺术**
bastardize 破坏文字或艺术，由于加入新的不纯正的东西
corrupt
adulterate 食物掺假
-- devalue, debase, contaminate, taint, distort
**不真的，不可信的 adj. **
bogus (fake)
counterfeit (fake)
apocryphal (fake bible )
deceptive (misleading)
fictitious (making false story)
mendacious (lying )
deceitful (dishonest)
duplicitous (dishonest)
fallacious (wrong)
spurious (wrong, 假象，伪造的)
treacherous (telling lies, dangerous)
perfidious (betrayed, can't be trusted)
recreant (betraying because of cowardice)
traitorous
betraying
** 谣言的，恶毒的adj.**
slanderous
libelous (libel, 诽谤）
scandalous
scurrilous scurrilous (scurry 碎步快跑，scurrilous 到处传播诽谤或辱骂, 毁坏别人名誉）
defamatory
insulting
gross (噁心）
abusive
vituperative (prepare to be victim, bitter and abusive)
malicious
背叛不忠：
backstabbing
sellout
double cross
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