Sentence examples for of a deceit from inspiring English sources

The conspiracy to pervert the course of justice was but one part of a deceit: the other was a cultural deception.

The British seem to understand this: Max Hastings, the veteran war correspondent -- who supported Britain's participation in the war -- writes that "the prime minister committed British troops and sacrificed British lives on the basis of a deceit, and it stinks".

Laura came to believe that Justo was a victim of a deceit by his former friends, who tricked him into confessing and handing over copies of PetroSaudi's servers, in an attempt to protect themselves and their Malaysian associates by burying the case.

It is difficult to conceive of a deceit so degrading or a deceit so damaging to the victim on its discovery.

Find out why it's a "deceit" of lapwings.

In other election news: Labour begins a week of campaigning on the NHS, accusing the Conservatives of a "double deceit" over funding.

His former chief financial officer turned on him, revealing a plot of deceit and a slew of private investigators who set out to ruin her career.

The WikiLeaks revelations prompted the Mauritian government to accuse the UK of having a "policy of deceit".

It may be though, as Orwell said, that telling the truth in a time of universal deceit was a revolutionary act.

Cornered by a documented trail of deceit and a flurry of negative publicity, Tressel took the step that had come to appear inevitable as the accusations and the pressure mounted.

One could even conclude that it is not just a veil of secrecy, but rather a fog of deceit that the Fed is trying to throw over Congress.