The phrase "a deception on the" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to assess its correctness in written English.
It could be used in contexts discussing dishonesty or trickery, but it needs to be part of a complete thought or sentence.
Example: "The investigation revealed a deception on the part of the witnesses."
Alternatives: "a trick by the" or "a fraud from the".
It's not exactly a deception on Google's part, but rather what appears to be a deliberate understatement of the company's other location tracking practices.
The finding suggests that the placebo effect could work without the need for any deception on the part of the doctor, as had been previously thought.
But Steve Elliott, president of Grassfire.org, a conservative Web site whose members mobilized against the June bill, sent out an alert last week calling the student measure a "blatant deception on the part of the Senate to get a massive amnesty passed".
The judge told O'Neill: "This was nothing other than a sophisticated, high-value scam and a wicked deception on the public purse designed to enrich yourself.
Britain Stronger in Europe, the leading Remain campaign, claimed there were at least eight misleading claims in the leaflet, describing it as a "grand deception on the British people".
The promotion of the Wall bill is imposing a cruel deception on the homosexual community, they deserve better than this".
"It's an absolute deception on the part of the perpetrator," Stanger said of a problem involving nearly a quarter of her safehouse's residents.
Calling a tax "green" when it has no power to change behaviour is a piece of deception on the part of the government, which will serve to undermine the success of green taxes in the long term.
The above examples of frustrated attempts to normalize relations with Communist Cuba reflect a pattern of deception on the part of Castro and his politburo eager to obtain U.S. concessions without liberalizing the regime, feigning a desire to settle differences with the U.S., yet always scuttling negotiations and resuming their unyielding and contagious anti-Yankee defiance.
Mentalizing about a situation involving intentional deception on the part of the acting character and not recognizing the deceitful intent on the part of the passive character additionally activates left orbitofrontal lateral, inferior, and medial frontal cortex, as seen in the contrasts of DEC vs COOP and COOPDEC, respectively, and in the contrast COOPDEC vs DEC.
