deception “欺骗”、“欺诈”、“骗局”，普通用词，指用手段使人信以为真的欺骗，语气

比有目的诈骗弱。

例句：

A man of moral integrity never resorts to deception.

明人不做暗事。

It wasn't really magic — just some kind of clever visual deception.

这并不是真正的魔术 —— 只是某种巧妙的视觉欺骗。

I shall not practise deception on you , nor shall you do the same on me .

我不会欺骗你，你也不会欺骗我。

The candidate practiced all kinds of deceptions on the voters to win their confidence.

这位候选人为了赢得了选民的信任用各种手段欺骗他们。

He was arrested on charges of attempted deception when he tried to use a stolen

credit card.

他因试图使用偷来的信用卡企图欺骗而被捕。

Computers have also created new techniques of deception for tricksters to conduct

financial frauds.

计算机也创造出了一些新的技术为骗子进行金融欺骗。

deceit 指采用歪曲真相，隐瞒事实蓄意欺骗、欺诈别人而达到邪恶目的行为。（an act of

keeping the truth hidden, especially to get an advantage）

例句：

Many greed businessmen cheat customers by deceit means.

许多贪婪的商人用诡诈手段欺骗顾客。

Underneath his politeness, there was deceit and cunning.

在他的礼貌之下，隐藏着欺骗和狡猾。

The company filed a legal claim alleging deceit and breach of contract.

该公司提起诉讼，指控欺诈和违约。

When the newspapers published the full story, all his earlier deceits were revealed.

报纸报道事情全部经过之后，他以前的所有欺骗行径也就暴露无遗了。

Your deceit shall not pass without noticed, and then you will be undoubtedly punished

in the end.

你的欺骗行为不会没人知道，最终你必将受到惩罚。

fraud 多指政治上的不诚实舞弊或经济上的诈骗行为和骗局。

例句：

In recent years there has been a noticeable increase in sophisticated financial fraud.

近年来用高科技的金融诈骗有明显增加。

He was charged with frauds for selling goods of inferior quality.

他被指控销售劣质商品进行欺诈。

He has categorically denied being involved in the fraud.

他断然否认自己涉及这项诈骗。

The check fraud left the victim hundreds of pounds out of pocket.

这椿支票诈骗会使受害者损失几百英镑。

Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison.

他被判犯有骗税罪，被判处两年监禁。

hoax 骗局、恶作剧； 多指精心设计的骗局，让人上当以达到某种目的。

例句：

The old man was deceived by the hoax of the young man.

那个老人被这个年轻人的欺骗了。

The hoax was uncovered last week by the government’s security service.

这场骗局上周被政府安全部门识破的。

I suspect that it is a deliberate hoax, and we should debunk it to the public.

我想这肯定是个骗局，我们应该向公众揭穿它。

Some customers reported receiving some e-mails and phone calls, which proved to be

a hoax.

有客户举报说，他们收到一些电话和电子邮件，结果证明都是骗局。

The fire-brigade answered the emergency call but there was no fire. It was all a hoax.

消防队接到报警电话后采取了行动,但是并没有火灾，这完全是一场恶作剧。

hocus-pocus 这个词最初是由魔术师作为一个假想的魔法咒语使用的。今天，hocus-pocus

这个词更常被用来描述（隐瞒实情的）花招，诡计，骗局或欺骗性的言语，鬼话，假话。

例如：

They knew that it was hocus-pocus from the start.

他们从一开始就知道这是个骗局。

And no amount of financial hocus-pocus — will change that situation.

再多的金融骗局也改变不了这种状况。

As I've already said, there are lots of people who are skeptical about psychics, and

think that's it's just hocus-pocus.

正如我已经说过的，有很多人对心灵学持怀疑态度，认为这只是一种骗局。

My husband thinks its all hocus pocus and takes a negative angle when talking about

the matter.

我丈夫认为这都是骗人的把戏，谈到这件事时总是持消极的态度。

I do not believe all of this hocus-pocus about the growth in investment.

我不相信所有这些关于投资增长的鬼话。

trickery 指进行欺骗，欺诈的手段和诡计（the activity of using tricks to deceive or cheat

people。

例句：

It was a piece of political trickery that enraged the opposition.

这是一个激怒反对派的政治诡计。

But in a multicurrency society, the citizens could hedge away from such trickery.

但在一个多元货币的社会里，公民们可以避开这样的骗局。

He's managed to get as far as he has through slick talking and trickery.

他是靠花言巧语和诡计才达到现在的地步的。

He shrank from no trickery in carrying out his ends, and had no room for pity.

在达到他的目的时，他无所不用其极毫，毫无怜悯之心。

subtterfge 欺骗； 为得到某种目的而进行的欺骗行为 （deceit used in order to achieve

one's goal）

例如：

It was clear that they must have obtained the information by subterfuge.

很明显他们一定是靠耍花招弄到了那些资料。

In some instances they employ violence, or subterfuge, or deceit.

在某些情况下，他们使用暴力、诡计或欺骗。

However, a man like this was unable to detect a simple subterfuge contrived by his

lieutenant, Lago.

然而，像他这样的人根本无法识破他的副官拉戈所设计的一个简单的诡计。

Any such subterfuge would be immediately apparent in a viva voce examination,

much to the embarrassment of the student concerned.

任何这样的花招都将在语音测试中立即被发现，这让相关学生非常尴尬。

crookery 欺诈; 尤指企业和政治欺骗行为 （dishonest practices, as in business or

politics）

例句：

Now and then we will hear about some new form of crookery or deception online.

我们不时会在网上听到一些新的欺诈或欺骗形式。

Do send me further examples of this quasi-crookery by the agents and landlords.

请再寄给我一些代理人和房东这种类似欺诈行为的例子。

But this is small time crookery to the real manipulators and deceivers.

但对于真正的操纵者和骗子来说，这只是小小的欺骗而已。

He has finally recognized the depth of public anger at the corporate crookery.

他们终于认识到公众对公司欺诈行为的愤怒程度。

chicanery 欺骗、诡辩。 指用狡猾的、不诚实的谈话或行为 欺骗的人 （clever, dishonest

talk or behaviour that is used to deceive people）。

例句：

That will lead to a great deal of political jobbery and chicanery.

这将导致大量的政治欺诈和欺骗。

He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job.

为了赢得这份工作，他使出了最恶劣的奉承和欺骗手段。

They should be learning instead how to spot statistical chicanery.

相反，他们应该学习如何发现统计上的欺诈、

And with the coronavirus's chicanery, anything could still happen between now and

then.

由于冠状病毒的欺骗性，从现在到那时，任何事情都可能发生。

cozwnage 哄骗; 指连蒙带骗。

例句：

Through cozenage and flattery, the art dealer coaxed the unwary into selling their family

treasures.

通过哄骗和奉承，艺术商人哄骗那些不小心的人卖掉了他们的家庭珍品。

Wisdom without honesty is mere craft and cozenage, and therefore the reputation of

honesty must first be gotten,

没有诚实的智慧不过是诡计和哄骗，因此必须首先获得诚实的名声。