In a much translated essay of 1942, the French philosopher Albert Camus caused many people to re-imagine the seemingly sad fate of the deceitful Sisyphus, punished by the gods for his deceit and avarice.
Plagiarism is more like fencing stolen goods, the deceitful attempt to sell what one has purloined.
Now I just feel conned and this is where the deceitful marketing comes in.
The dark triad of traits are the self-obsession of narcissism, the impulsive, thrill-seeking and callous behaviour of psychopaths and the deceitful and exploitative nature of Machiavellianism.
"Next month's meeting is called Dethroning the Deceitful Pork Chop, " a member named Linda Pelaccio reminded the audience of about fifty students, foodies, and septuagenarians from the podium.
She played the deceitful wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger's hero Douglas Quaid, who in the year 2084 dreams about life on Mars, where humans now live.
"Afghans must boycott the deceitful American project and head for the trenches of holy war," said a communiqué released by the Taliban leadership last month.
And the historical reality -- that the deceitful experiment continued for 40 years, from 1932 until 1972, before it was exposed -- remains a stunning outrage.
What Ben had done, she said, was to make the Washington Post dangerous to the powerful, the dishonest, and the deceitful.
He is the ideal forerunner of so many contemporary dissemblers — the deceitful politician, clergyman, athlete or entertainer; the conniving money manager; the prevaricating realtor; the online sexual predator.
The cover of the influential newsweekly Der Spiegel featured a photograph of Mr. Wulff and the words "Der falsche Präsident," an ambiguous phrase that could mean "the wrong president" but also "the deceitful president".
