Definition of Deceitful

dishonest or untruthful in actions or words

Examples of Deceitful in a sentence

The lying city council was deceitful when telling the residents that the mayor hadn’t stolen the money.  🔊

Deceitful and dishonest, the little girl continued to deny she had taken the cookie from the jar.  🔊

Jim has a habit of being deceitful, so it is hard for his wife to trust anything he says.  🔊

Convicted of being deceitful in his answers to the judge, the man was sentenced to thirty days in jail for his lies.  🔊

The deceitful salesman sold the elderly woman the broken vacuum cleaner even though he knew it was junk.  🔊

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