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disingenuous - Giving a false appearance of being truthful or genuine.

It was disingenuous of him to act surprised when he clearly knew what was going on

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conceal - To keep something secret, and prevent it from being known or noticed.

The detective concealed his gun in his briefcase when he walked into the building.

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deceptive - Causing someone to believe something untrue.

Be careful — that offer sounds good but it's may be deceptive, not revealing the negative aspects of the product.

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façade - A deceptive outward appearance.

Bill realized too late that behind the salesman's facade of integrity was a crook that wanted to steal his money.

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sham - A thing that is not what it is purported to be

To the naked eye, a counterfeit handbag looks like the real thing, instead of a poorly made sham that it really is.

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scheme - Make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong

The family butler was always polite, but in his mind he was always scheming how to steal the family's jewels.

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obfuscate - To make something less clear and harder to understand, especially if done deliberately.

The criminal's testimony at the trial tried to obfuscate and cover up his connection to the crime.

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fink - Inform on to the authorities

Mary finked on her brother when their parents asked which one of them took a cookie out of the jar.

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hype - Extravagant or intensive publicity or promotion, that often turns out to be false

Todd spread the hype that his party was going to be the event of the year, but only a few people showed up.

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machinations - Crafty schemes or plots, especially intended to achieve something deceitful or underhanded; secret or complicated plans, often with a negative or manipulative goal.

The villain's machinations were finally exposed, revealing his plan to transfer other people's money into his own account.

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masquerade - Behavior that is intended to deceive.

Bill was a total narcissist, and his girlfriends eventually found out that his charm and good humor was just a masquerade, and all he wanted was to take.

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connive - To secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur

Stewie would connive ways in which to gain power, though he usually failed.