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Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.

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  1. a. Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.
  2. adj. involving deception
  3. adj. marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
  4. Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere. Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. Shak.
  5. Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead orinsnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. Shak.
  6. j:100 s. intended to deceive