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dutiful collapse: willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";

pretender collapse: a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)

adoring collapse: extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"; showing adoration

fraudulence collapse: the quality of being fraudulent; a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

fib collapse: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"; tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

euchre collapse: a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand

malingerer collapse: someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

pious collapse: having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"

hypocritical collapse: professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"

embezzlement collapse: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

cozen collapse: cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"; act with artful deceit

believe collapse: accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"; credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"; follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"; be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"

rook collapse: common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

cheat collapse: a deception for profit to yourself; defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit; deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"; engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"

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