Deception Deception or falsehood is an act or statement that misleads, hides the truth, or promotes a belief, concept, or idea that is not true. It is often done for personal gain or advantage. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda and sleight o ...

is the hiding or distorting of the truth. Deception or The Deception may also refer to: *

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 ...

, a legal term

Places

Deception Glacier Mulock Glacier in Antarctica is a heavily crevassed glacier which flows into the Ross Ice Shelf south of the Skelton Glacier in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica.USGS Mount Discovery map sheet ST 57-60/10 It was named by the New Zealand Antarcti ...

, Antarctica *

Deception Island Deception Island is an island in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbor, which is occasionally troubled by the underlying active volcano. This island is the caldera of an act ...

, Antarctica *

Deception Plateau Mountaineer Range is the range of mountains lying between the Mariner and Aviator Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The seaward parts of the range were first viewed by Ross in 1841, and subsequently by several British and later American expe ...

, Antarctica *

Deception River The Deception River is a river in New Zealand. It is a tributary of the West Coast's Ōtira River, flowing generally north for from its source on the slopes of Mount Franklin. It passes close to Goat Pass, which gives access to the Mingha Ri ...

, New Zealand *

Deception Pass Deception Pass is a strait separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island, in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Washington. It connects Skagit Bay, part of Puget Sound, with the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A pair of bridges known collectively a ...

, Washington, U.S.

Film

* ''The Deception'' (film), a 1909 film directed by D. W. Griffith * ''Deception'' (1920 film) or ''Anna Boleyn'', a film starring Emil Jennings and Henny Porten * ''Deception'' (1932 film), an American Pre-Code sports drama * ''Deception'' (1946 film), a film noir starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains * ''Deception'' (1975 film) or ''End of the Game'', a German thriller * ''

Deceptions ''Deceptions'' is a 1990 erotic drama film starring Nicollette Sheridan, Harry Hamlin and Robert Davi. It was directed by Ruben Preuss and written by Ken Denbow and Richard Taylor. The film received a nomination for a CableACE Award for "best i ...

'', a 1990 drama starring Nicollette Sheridan and Harry Hamlin * ''Deception'' (1992 film) or ''Ruby Cairo'', starring Liam Neeson * ''Deception'' (2000 film) or ''Reindeer Games'', a film starring Ben Affleck * ''Deception'' (2003 film), a film starring Debi Mazar * ''Deception'' (2004 film), a film starring Dina Meyer * ''Deception'' (2008 film), a film starring Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor * ''Deception'' (2013 Australian/Canadian film) or ''Absolute Deception'', a film starring Cuba Gooding Jr * ''Deception'' (2013 Italian film) or ''The Best Offer'', a film starring Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks and Donald Sutherland

Television

* "Deception" (''House''), the ninth episode of the second season of ''House''

Series

* ''Deception'' (2013 American TV series), prime time soap opera * ''Deception'' (2018 TV series), American crime procedural drama * ''Deception'' (Irish TV series), prime time television drama airing on TV3 * ''Deception'' (Ugandan TV series), Ugandan drama

Games

* ''Deception'' (video game series), a series of PlayStation games ** '' Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness'' or simply ''Deception'', the first game in the series * '' Mortal Kombat: Deception'', a 2004 game in the Mortal Kombat series * ''Deception'' (board game), a 2015 detective game

Books

* ''Deception'' (novel), a novel by Philip Roth * ''The Deception'' (Animorphs), a novel by K.A. Applegate * '' Jedi Apprentice: Deceptions'', a 2001 Jedi Apprentice novel by Jude Watson * ''The Deception'', a novel by

Catherine Coulter Jean Catherine Coulter (born December 26, 1942) is an American author of romantic suspense thrillers and historical romances who currently resides in northern California. Biography Early years Coulter grew up on a horse ranch in Cameron County, ...

* ''The Deception'', a novel by Barry Reed * ''Deception'', a novel by

Joan Aiken Joan Delano Aiken (4 September 1924 – 4 January 2004) was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature. For ''The ...

(U.S. title: ''If I Were You'') * ''Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Global Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy'', a 2007 book by

Adrian Levy Adrian Levy (born 1965) is a journalist and film maker who currently writes for ''The Guardian''. Specialising in long-form investigative work, his pieces most often filed from Asia are published in ''The Guardian's'Weekendmagazine. Levy's work h ...

and Catherine Scott-Clark

Music

* ''Deception'' (album), a 1987 album by The Colourfield * ''The Deception'' (album), a 2011 album by The Dogg * "Deception", a song by Blackalicious from ''

A2G ''A2G'' is an EP by American hip hop duo Blackalicious. It was originally released on Quannum Projects in 1999. It peaked at number 21 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. The EP contains the tongue-twisting song "Alphabet Aerobics", which actor D ...

'' * "The Deception", a song by I Like Trains from ''

Elegies to Lessons Learnt ''Elegies to Lessons Learnt'' is I Like Trains' first studio album, and was released on 1 October 2007. As with their earlier EP, Progress Reform, many of the songs cover historical events.Deception in animals Deception in animals is the transmission of misinformation by one animal to another, of the same or different species, in a way that propagates beliefs that are not true. Mimicry and camouflage enable animals to appear to be other than they are. ...

, deception by non-human animals *

Military deception Military deception (MILDEC) is an attempt by a military unit to gain an advantage during warfare by misleading adversary decision makers into taking action or inaction that creates favorable conditions for the deceiving force. This is usually ac ...

, misleading the enemy during warfare * Deceit (disambiguation) * ''

Deceived ''Deceived'' is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Damian Harris. The script was written by Mary Agnes Donoghue and rewritten by Bruce Joel Rubin. Goldie Hawn and John Heard star as a happily married couple whose lives ar ...

'', a 1991 film starring Goldie Hawn * Deceiver (disambiguation) *

Decepticon The Decepticons are the main antagonists in the fictional continuities of the ''Transformers'' multimedia franchise. They are depicted as a faction of sentient robotic lifeforms led by Megatron, identified by a purple face-like insignia. Capab ...

, a race of robots in the Transformers universe *

Deceptive Records Deceptive Records was a British independent record label formed in 1993 by Steve Lamacq, Tony Smith and Alan James, which concentrated on rock and alternative rock. The most famous group signed to the label were Elastica. Steve Lamacq left t ...

, a UK record label {{disambiguation, geo