Deception

Deception is an act or statement which misleads, hides the truth, or promotes a belief, concept, or idea that is not true. It is often done for personal gain or advantage. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment. There is also self-deception, as in bad faith. It can also be called, with varying subjective implications, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, ruse, or subterfuge.

Deception is a major relational transgression that often leads to feelings of betrayal and distrust between relational partners. Decept
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Arthur Conan Doyle
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Boscombe Valley Mystery - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

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People are secretive when they have secrets.
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