Crime
Crime noun - Activities that are in violation of the laws of the state.
Deceit and crime are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deceit" instead a noun "Crime".
Nearby Words: criminal, criminally
Deceit
Deceit noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Harry Dresden and Lara Raith generally respect each other for the other's skills at manipulation, deceit, and fighting prowess, and have worked together in the past, even though she really wants to eat him or convince him to be her partner in crime or her sex slave.
Source: Friendly Enemy -
The guilty client himself accidentally provides a third option: because he was going to use the crime scene videotape to blackmail his assassin, Phoenix gets the assassin to let go of his assistant of his own accord by proving his client's deceit.
Source: Nice Job Fixing It, Villain -
Heroic Bystander: Occasionally, like in "Deceit", there is a bystander who witnesses a crime who has the presence of mind to do things like accurately write down vital information like a license number of a suspect's vehicle.
Source: Series / Law & Order
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