Sentence examples for guilty of deception from inspiring English sources

Men are guilty of deception too, overstating their height by an average of 1.4cm compared with 0.08cm for women.

An eccentric self-styled lawyer who claimed to defend clients including Saddam Hussein, Gary Glitter and the Great Train Robber Ronald Biggs has been found guilty of deception after it emerged that he had no legal qualifications.

Tony Blair was guilty of "deception, negligence and naivety", said the Sun's post-Chilcot leader, condemning George Bush and Blair's assumption of being able to quickly transform Iraq to a liberal democracy as "insane" and adding that Iraq "posed no imminent threat to us".

The irony of the latest fuss is that, unless the parliamentary standards commissioner, John Lyons, decides that Channel 4's targets – Byers, Tory John Butterfill and the others – are guilty of deception (boasting of influence they don't have), he may find them guilty only of greed, gullibility and disdain for constituents in a shadowy, expensive world that voters rarely see.

We demand an independent inquiry into the credit crisis, and, if necessary, prosecutions of those guilty of deception or fraud.

For instance, if a researcher is found guilty of deception and fraud, he/she may have to make public apology to the research participants or community involved in research and/or pay back (in cash) the amount involved to either the participants or institution as the case may be and as determined by the HREC or NHREC.

Jack Straw, the former justice secretary, asks May whether she is accusing G4S of being guilty of "wilful deception".

Considering the Premier League already lends its brand name to a preseason tournament — the Barclay's Asia Trophy is in its fourth year — Scudamore seems guilty of artful deception.

Brown said Iran was guilty of "serial deception" and it was time for the international community to draw a line in the sand.

Senior Labour figures, including the former cabinet ministers Jack Straw and Bob Ainsworth, said the scale of the failure in G4S provision must have been obvious to any inquiring minister or police watchdog: "Are you saying G4S are guilty of wilful deception … or was there some failure in the monitoring of what G4S was doing?" said Straw.

The pair were found guilty of the deception in 2008.