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(<i>n.</i>) An attempt to deceive or lead into error; a falsehood\; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud.<p>2. (<i>n.</i>) Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. 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