All 3 Uses of
deceit
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- 'You are a set of deceitful scoundrels!' he said, turning to the others.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- We needed not the fell voice of the messenger to warn us that his words held both menace and deceit; for we knew already that the power that has re-entered Mordor has not changed, and ever it betrayed us of old.†
Chpt 2.2
- I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem also to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy.†
Chpt 2.7
Definition:
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(deceit) the act of lying to or misleading someone