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  • s  intended to deceive
    deceitful advertising
    smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge
  • s  marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
    she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill

  • After unveiling his new policies for cracking down on deceitful CEOs to Wall Street a few weeks ago, he was approached by an audience member eager to air his own proposalsa .
  • The difference this time is that the FDA is taking the offensive, ferreting out deceitful product claims and publicizing them.
  • The Week In Green: Discovering clues about Colony Collapse Disorder, exposing the deceitful lobbying in the climate change debate, and celebrating the greenest colleges.
News & Articles

  • TV Review: Chris Harrison 'Bachelorette' blog
    Lying, cheating, deceitful pig! Anytime that sentence is uttered you know there's some drama. We will get to the slick used car salesman that is Brian in just a bit, but first let me say I'm glad this season has officially begun. As of this week, the gloves came off and it is on.
    June 11, 2013 - Entertainment Weekly
  • 'The Bachelorette' recap: When Pigs Fly
    Des sends a "lying, cheating, deceitful" suitor packing, but the rest of the guys still think Ben is the real villain
    June 11, 2013 - Entertainment Weekly
Quotes

  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in FOXNews
    Ahmadinejad accused "a small but deceitful number of people called Zionists ...... (of) dominating an important portion of the financial and monetary centers as well as the political decision-making centers of some European countries and the US"
  • Ed Gillespie in News Hounds (blog)
    Today, oh so coincidentally, the White House (via Bush Counsel Ed Gillespie) demanded a clarification regarding an interview of Bush by NBC News reporter Richard Engel, accusing them of "deceitful editing to further a media-manufactured storyline."
  • Jens Lehmann in ESPN
    Sam [Brownback] and I have been friends for several years and he is well aware of my lifelong commitment to the unborn. Yet he has approved the use of despicable and deceitful campaign tactics in an effort to deliberately mislead the voters of Iowa... Tom Tancredo http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tancredo&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGWYKZNpsgpZGxx0dIrNbJJYYc_Aw WXii 12.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.wxii12.com/politics/13739012/detail.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFAGVVkFscgpkeEOZra_S9_KaIMlA Jul 23, 2007 25379 34240 deceitfully It is not the first time that he wins a free-kick deceitfully," Lehmann told reporters at the Weser Stadion. "And then for him to show his delight at gaining an advantage from it shows his true character."

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