Deception

Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification and subterfuge is the act of propagating beliefs in things that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment. There is also self-deception, as in bad faith.

Deception is a major relational transgression that often leads to feelings of betrayal and distrust between relational partners. Deception violates relational rules and is considered to be a negative violation of expectations. Most people expect friends, relational partners, and even strangers to be truthful most of the time. If people expected most conversations to be untruthful, talking and communicating with others would require distraction and misdirection to acquire reliable information. A significant amount of deception occurs between romantic and relational partners.

Deceit and dishonesty can also form grounds for civil litigation in tort, or contract law (where it is known as misrepresentation or fraudulent misrepresentation if deliberate), or give rise to criminal prosecution for fraud.

Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness

Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness, usually referred to simply as Deception, is a video game released by Tecmo in 1996 for the original PlayStation. Deception was released as Kokumeikan (刻命館) in Japan, and as Devil's Deception in Europe. The game is the first in the Deception series.

Backstory

Premise and gameplay

Deception is an action game with RPG elements, resembling the FMV genre of games, particularly Sega CD such as Night Trap and Double Switch. The primary object of the series is to dispatch intruders through the positioning and activation of traps. What sets Deception apart from the Digital Pictures' predecessors is that moral judgment comes heavily into play.

The player takes on the role of an unjustly executed man, who pleads to the devil to spare his life at the moment of his demise. The devil (explicitly referred to as 'Satan' in the manual) grants his request, and gives him command over the 'Castle of the Damned'. Soon after taking control of the castle, many visitors soon find themselves drawn to the fortress: some for power, some for salvation, and some for something as simple as shelter.

Deception (criminal law)

Deception was a legal term of art used in the definition of statutory offences in England and Wales and Northern Ireland. It is a legal term of art in the Republic of Ireland.

Until 2007, in England and Wales, the main deception offences were defined in the Theft Act 1968 and the Theft Act 1978. The basic pattern of deception offences was established in the Theft Act 1968, and then amended in the Theft Act 1978 and the Theft (Amendment) Act 1996 which addressed some of the problems that had arisen in the enforcement of the law.

England and Wales

Definition

Section 15(4) of the Theft Act 1968 read:

This definition applied to the following offences:

  • obtaining property by deception, contrary to section 15 of the Theft Act 1968
  • obtaining a money transfer by deception, contrary to section 15A of the Theft Act 1968
  • obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception, contrary to section 16 of the Theft Act 1968
  • Procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception, contrary to section 20(2) of the Theft Act 1968
  • Podcasts:

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    Deception

    by: Chokehold

    You think you got me pinned down?
    You think you know me like the back of your hand?
    You think I'm that weak that I will fall into your scam?
    Sell your product by exploiting woman
    A sales catch for only the blind
    Targeting peoples addiction
    Sell a product that eats away at their mind
    I don't know why you think some people are less humanA
    nd you use them to make a sale
    Your sexist and your racist advertisements are becoming
    very stale
    You can't get through, you wont get through, no you'll
    never get through
    You can't break me
    Billboards sell the lie
    Their bottom line is do or die
    Drink up, and don't forget that your addiction is their
    paycheck
    Glamorize the poison that theyre trying to sell
    Make it seem like it's heaven but it's really fucking




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