subreption

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noun

Plural noun:

subreptions

1.
(countable, historical, uncountable)Under Roman law, the act of giving false testimony.
2.
(countable, uncountable)(Catholicism) The act of obtaining a favour or grant by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
3.
(countable, uncountable)(Scots law) The act of obtaining a gift or favor by concealing the truth.
4.
(countable, uncountable)(philosophy) The conflation of a condition under which it is possible to intuitively understand an object, and a condition under which an object can possibly exist; the confusion of knowing with experiencing.

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subreptive obreptionsurreptition

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From Latin subreptio, from subripere, subreptum (to snatch or take away secretly). Compare subreption. See surreptitious, surreptition.