different between deceit vs decoit

English

From Middle English deceyte, from Old French deceite, deçoite, from decevoir (“to deceive”), from Latin d?cipere (“to cheat, mislead”).

deceit (plural deceits)

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
The whole conversation was merely a deceit.
An act of deceiving someone.
(uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
(law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.

(act or behavior intended to deceive): trick, fraud
(act of deceiving): deception, trickery
(state of being deceptive): underhandedness, deceptiveness, deceitfulness, dissimulation, fraudulence, trickery
See also Thesaurus:deception

decoit (plural decoits)

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