DISSEMBLING

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Dissembling is lying, can be considered as just misleading but also used as a euphemism for outright fraud. The term came to prominence in the UK due to its use by a Member of Parliament who cannot under the rules of the house accuse somebody of lying but got away with this close synonym.

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