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1 создавать заведомо неправильное представление о факте с намерением обмануть
Law: pretend falselyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > создавать заведомо неправильное представление о факте с намерением обмануть
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2 створювати неправильне уявлення
Українсько-англійський юридичний словник > створювати неправильне уявлення
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3 mentior
mentior ītus, īrī, dep. [1 MAN-], to invent, assert falsely, lie, cheat, deceive, pretend: Si quicquam invenies me mentitum, T.: Hoc iuvat, non mentior, H.: plurimis de rebus: ne ioco quidem, N.: ille, satum quo te mentiris, pretend, V.: certam me sum mentitus habere Horam, quae, etc., O.—Of things, to deceive, impose upon: frons, oculi, voltus persaepe mentiuntur: in quibus nihil umquam vetustas mentita sit.— To lie about, assert falsely, make a false promise about, feign, counterfeit, imitate: tantam rem, devise such a falsehood, S.: auspicium, L.: titulum Lyciscae, assume falsely, Iu.: ita mentitur (sc. Homerus), fables, H.— Fig.: Spem mentita seges, disappointed, H.: Nec varios discet mentiri lana colores, to assume, V.* * *mentiri, mentitus sum V DEPlie, deceive, invent; imitate; feign; pretend; speak falsely about -
4 καταψεύδομαι
κατα-ψεύδομαι, [tense] fut. - ψεύσομαι: [tense] pf. - έψευσμαι D.55.8, Ep.3.35: also in pass. sense, as also [tense] aor. - εψεύσθην, v.infr. 11:—A tell lies against, speak falsely of, τινος Ar. Pax 533, Lys. 16.8, Antipho 2.4.7, Pl.R. 381d, D.21.134, etc.; κ. τινὸς πρός τινα accuse falsely to another, Plu. Them.25, Phoc.33: abs., Hyp.Lyc.8.2 allege falsely against,τί τινος And. 1.8
, Pl.Euthd. 283e, R. 391d;τὰ πλεῖστα κατεψεύσατό μου D.18.9
;ἑαυτοῦ μωρίαν D.H.4.68
.4 c. gen., make a pretence of,ὕπνου Luc.Asin.7
; give a false account of, ; BJ Prooem.1.II [voice] Pass., to be falsely reported,Ἑλληνικὸς ὅρκος-ψεύδεται Theon Prog.2
; τὰ κατεψευσμένα false allegations, Antipho 5.19; to be falsely accused,προδότης εἶναι κατεψεύσθη Philostr.Her.10.7
, cf.VA5.24.2 of writings, to be falsely attributed, τινος to one, Ael.VH12.36: abs., to be spurious, Ath.15.697a, Plu.2.833c.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > καταψεύδομαι
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5 mentior
mentĭor, ītus, 4 ( fut. mentibitur, for mentietur, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 35; 2, 2, 99; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 448), v. dep. n. and a. [prob. from root men-, whence mens, memini, q. v. Original meaning, to invent; hence],I.Neutr., to lie, cheat, deceive, etc.:B.mentiri palam,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 89:mentire,
id. Poen. 3, 5, 18:adversus aliquem,
id. Aul. 4, 7, 9:apud aliquem,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 24:sibi,
id. Am. 1, 2, 6:mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 46; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 35:aperte,
Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:in re aliquā,
id. Att. 12, 21, 4:de re aliquā,
id. N. D. 3, 6, 14:adeo veritatis diligens, ut ne joco quidem mentiretur,
Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—With acc. and inf., to pretend, to declare falsely:certam me sum mentitus habere Horam, quae, etc.,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 53; Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67: mentior nisi or si mentior, a form of asseveration, I am a liar, if, etc.:mentior, nisi et quae alunt illud, corpora sunt,
Sen. Ep. 106, 5:si mentiar, inquit, Ultima, quā fallam, sit Venus illa mihi,
Ov. F. 4, 227.—Of things, to deceive, impose upon: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur, oratio vero saepissime, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6:in quibus nihil umquam... vetustas mentita sit,
id. N. D. 2, 5, 15.—To deceive one's self, mistake:II.mentire, gnate,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 83 Brix ad loc.—Act., to lie or speak falsely about, to assert falsely, make a false promise about; to feign, counterfeit, imitate a shape, nature, etc.:B.cujus consilio tantam rem mentitus esset,
had devised such a falsehood, Sall. C. 48:originem alicujus,
Just. 35, 2, 4:auspicium,
Liv. 10, 40:titulum Lyciscae,
to assume falsely, Juv. 6, 123:noctem,
to promise falsely, Prop. 3, 9, 1:cur sese daemonia mentiuntur,
Tert. Apol. 23; also, to invent, feign, of a poetical fiction:ita mentitur (sc. Homerus),
Hor. A. P. 151; cf.:poëtae Orionem mentiuntur in pelago incidentem,
Lact. 4, 15, 21.— Pass.:si a debitore, praelato die, pignoris obligatio mentiatur,
Dig. 48, 10, 28.—Trop., of inanim. subjects: semel fac illud, Mentitur tua quod subinde tussis, do what your cough keeps falsely promising, i. e. die, Mart. 5, 39, 6:1.mentiris juvenem tinctis capillis,
id. 3, 43, 1:color, qui chrysocollam mentitur,
Plin. 35, 6, 29, § 48:nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,
Verg. E. 4, 42: sexum viris denegatum muliebri motu, Col. praef. 1.—Hence, *mentĭens, entis, m. subst., a fallacy, sophism: quomodo mentientem, quem pseudomenon vocant, dissolvas, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11. —2.mentītus, a, um, Part., in pass. signif., imitated, counterfeit, feigned ( poet.):mentita tela,
Verg. A. 2, 422:figurae,
Ov. M. 5, 326:fama,
id. ib. 10, 28:nomen,
id. ib. 10, 439; id. H. 11, 73; Sen. Contr. 5, 5, 3; Luc. 2, 512; Val. Fl. 6, 698; 7, 155; Sil. 15, 796; Stat. S. 4, 6, 21; id. Th. 1, 256; 7, 303; 10, 875; Poët. ap. Suet. Oth. 3; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 58:mentiti fictique terrores,
Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 15; id. Pan. 81, 3:divinitas,
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6 ψεύδω
A , X.Cyr.1.5.13: [tense] aor. , Plb.18.11.11, etc.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.ψευσθήσομαι S.Tr. 712
, Gal.15.143: [tense] aor.ἐψεύσθην Hdt.1.141
, etc.: [tense] pf. ἔψευσμαι (v. infr.); imper.ἐψεύσθω Aeschin.1.162
:—cheat by lies, beguile, τινα S.OC 628, etc.:—[voice] Pass., to be cheated, deceived, A.Ch. 759, etc.; εἰ μὴ πολύ γε ἔψευσμαι unless I am much deceived, Antipho 3.2.1.2 c. gen., cheat, balk, disappoint one of a thing,ψεύσει σ' ὁδοῦ τῆσδ' ἐλπίς E.Hec. 1031
;ἔψευσας φρενῶν Πέρσας A.Pers. 472
; ;πιστεύω.. μὴ ψεύσειν με.. τὰς ἐλπίδας X.Cyr.1.5.13
; :—[voice] Pass., to be cheated balked, disappointed, τινος of a thing, ψευσθῆναι ἐλπίδος, γάμου, Hdt.1.141, 5.47; (lyr.); (troch.); ψευσθέντες τῶν σκοπῶν disappointed of receiving tidings from the scouts, Th.8.103.3 in [voice] Pass., also, to be deceived, mistaken in or about a thing, ἐψευσμένοι γνώμης deceived in their judgement, mistaken in opinion, Hdt.8.40, cf. S.Tr. 712 (alsoψευσθῆναι γνώμῃ Hdt.7.9
.γ) ; ἐψευσμένοι τῆς Ἀθηναίων δυνάμεως deceived or mistaken in their notions of the Athenian power, Th.4.108; πολλῶν ἐψεύσθητε τῆς οὐσίας you have often had a mistaken idea of a man's wealth, Lys.19.45;τούτου οὐκ ἐψεύσθην Pl.Ap. 22d
;ἐψεῦσθαι τῆς ἀληθείας Id.R. 413a
;τῆς ὥρας And.1.38
;ἐψευσμένοι τῶν ὄντων Pl.Tht. 195a
; ἐψεῦσθαι ἑαυτῶν, opp. εἰδέναι ἑαυτούς, X.Mem.4.2.26; alsoψευσθῆναι ἔν τισι Hdt.9.48
;περί τινος X.An.2.6.28
, Pl.Prt. 358c: also c. acc.,ἐψεύσθη τοῦτο X.An.1.8.11
, etc.; αὐτοὺς ἐψευσμένη ἡ Ἑλλάς deceived in its estimate of them, Th.6.17 (where αὐτοὺς is prob. corrupt, and shd. perh. be omitted): c. acc. cogn., εὐτυχέστατον ψεῦσμα ἐψευσμένος most happily deceived or mistaken, Pl.Men. 71d: more rarely in [voice] Act., καί μ' ἔψευσας ἐλπίδος πολύ thou hast much belied my expectation, i.e. turned out better than I feared, S.Aj. 1382.4 of statements, to be untrue, ἡ τρίτη τῶν ὁδῶν μάλιστα ἔψευσται the third mode of explanation is most untrue, most mistaken, Hdt.2.22.II c. acc. rei, like ψευδοποιέω 11, represent a thing as a lie, falsify, (prob. for σημάτων) ; ψεύδει ἡ πίνοια τὴν γνώμην afterthought gives opinion the lie, Id.Ant. 389:— [voice] Pass., ἢν τάδε ψευσθῇ λέγων if his word prove (lit. be proved) false, Id.Ph. 1342; ἡ ψευσθεῖσα ὑπόσχεσις the promise broken, Th.3.66; have been falsely reported,D.
52.23; in E.Andr. 346 for ἀλλὰ ψεύσεται it will be falsely said, Porson's correction ἐψεύσεται is probable ( πεύσεται Kiehl).B earlier and more common [full] ψεύδομαι, imper.ψεύδεο Il.4.404
(the [voice] Act. is very rare in [dialect] Att. Prose): [tense] fut.ψεύσομαι Hom.
, Pi., [dialect] Att.: aor ἐψευσάμην, v. infr.: [tense] fut. 2 ἐψεύσομαι ( will have made a false statement) Gal.15.137(s. v.l.): [tense] pf.ἔψευσμαι X.An.1.3.10
.I abs., lie, speak false, play false,ψεύσομαι ἦ ἔτυμον ἐρέω; Il.10.534
, Od.4.140;οὐκ οἶδα ψεύδεσθαι h.Merc. 369
;οὐ ψεύσομ' ἀμφὶ Κορίνθῳ Pi.O.13.52
;περί τινος Pl.Prt. 347a
; ψ. κατά τινος, opp. λέγειν τἀληθῆ κατά τινος, Id.Euthd. 284a, Lys.22.7;ψ. πρός τινα X.An.1.3.5
;ψ. τινι Act.Ap. 5.4
andεἴς τινα Ep.Col.3.9
.2 c. inf., say falsely, pretend that.., Plu.2.506d.3 c. acc. rei, say that which is untrue, whether intentionally or not,τοῦτό γ' οὐκ ἐψεύσατο Ar.Ec. 445
;οὐδὲν αὐτῶν ψεύδεται Id.Ach. 561
;κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον, φάσκειν ἔμ' ἤδη μαντικῇ μηδὲν φρονεῖν S.OT 461
;ἐάν τι μὴ ἀληθὲς λέγω.., εἰπὲ ὅτι τοῦτο ψεύδομαι· ἑκὼν γὰρ εἶναι οὐδὲν ψεύσομαι Pl.Smp. 214e
, cf. X.Mem.4.2.19;περὶ ὧν ἔψευσται διδάσκειν ὑμᾶς Lys.3.21
.5 ὁ ψευδόμενος, the Liar, name of a fallacy or logical puzzle invented by Eubulides, a disciple of Euclides of Megara, Thphr. ap. D.L.2.108, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.2.92 ( ψευδόμενος is an interpolation inὁ σοφιστικὸς λόγος ψ. Arist.EN 1146a22
).II like [voice] Act. 11, belie, falsify, ὅρκια ψεύσασθαι break them, Il.7.352; soσυνθήκας ψ. X.Ages.1.12
;γάμους E.Ba. 31
, 245; so in [tense] plpf.,ἔψευστο τὴν ξυμμαχίαν Th.5.83
; so also οὐκ ἐψεύσαντο τὰς ἀπειλάς they did not belie, i.e. they made good, their threats, Hdt.6.32; τὰ χρήματα.. ἐψευσμένοι ἦσαν had broken their word about the money, X.An.5.6.35.III like [voice] Act. 1, deceive by lies, cheat,Αοξίαν ἐψευσάμην A.Ag. 1208
, cf. X.HG3.1.25; also ψ. τινά τι deceive one in a thing, S.OC 1145, E.Alc. 808; ἅπερ αὐτὸν οὐ ψεύσομαι and therein I will not disappoint him (ironical), i.e. I will carry out my threat, And.1.123; τῶν ἔργων ὧν ἂν τὸν ἐκδόντα ψεύσηται (ὧν being in gen. by attraction) Pl.Lg. 921a.IV of combinations of words, make a false statement, Arist.Int. 16a3. -
7 ausgeben
ausgeben v 1. BANK, BÖRSE issue; 2. COMP output (Daten, Anweisungen); dump (Speicherinhalt); 3. FIN issue; 4. GEN expend, spend, lay out, pay out, disburse; 5. V&M spend (Geld) • sich ausgeben als GEN pass oneself off as, pretend to be, pose as, claim to be, purport to be (e.g. a doctor) • zu viel ausgeben POL, RW, WIWI overspend • zu wenig ausgeben POL, WIWI underspend* * *v 1. <Bank, Börse> issue; 2. < Comp> Daten, Anweisungen output, Speicherinhalt dump; 3. < Finanz> issue; 4. < Geschäft> expend, spend, lay out, pay out, disburse; 5. <V&M> Geld spend ■ sich ausgeben als < Geschäft> pass oneself off as, pretend to be, pose as, claim to be, purport to be (e.g. a doctor) ■ zu viel ausgeben <Pol, Rechnung, Vw> overspend ■ zu wenig ausgeben <Pol, Vw> underspend* * *ausgeben
(Aktien) to issue, (Banknoten) to spend, to expend, to disburse, to lay out, to outlay, to issue, to circulate, (Briefe) to deliver, (in Umlauf setzen) to issue, to emit, to utter, (verteilen) to give (hand) out, to distribute;
• immer gleich alles ausgeben to live up to one’s income;
• Anleihe ausgeben to float (issue, negotiate) a loan;
• sich als Bankier ausgeben to pass o. s. off as a banker;
• 40.000 Dollar im Jahr ausgeben to spend (live at the rate of) $40,000 a year;
• Falschgeld ausgeben to utter counterfeit money;
• sich fälschlich für j. ausgeben to falsely personate s. o.;
• Geld mit vollen Händen ausgeben to make the money fly;
• viel Geld für Werbung ausgeben to advertise in a big way;
• sich als Gesellschafter ausgeben to hold o. s. out as a partner (Br.);
• Gratisaktien ausgeben to declare a stock dividend;
• Kreditbrief ausgeben to issue a letter of credit;
• Obligationen ausgeben to issue bonds;
• Pass ausgeben to issue a passport;
• sich als Sachverständigen ausgeben to pretend to be an expert;
• in Stücken von 10.000 Dollar ausgeben to issue in denominations of $ 10,000;
• seinen ganzen Verdienst ausgeben to live up to one’s income;
• zu viel ausgeben to overspend;
• Vorräte ausgeben to issue provisions;
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8 singiza
------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singiza[English Word] accuse falsely[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] singizio N[Swahili Example] walinisingizia[English Example] they accused me falsely------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singiza[English Word] act[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] singizio N------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singiza[English Word] caluminate[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] singizio N[Swahili Example] walinisingizia[English Example] they caluminated me------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singiza[English Word] feign[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] singizio N------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singiza[English Word] insinuate[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singiza[English Word] pretend[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] singizio N------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singiza[English Word] slander[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] singizio N[Swahili Example] walinisingizia[English Example] they slandered me------------------------------------------------------------ -
9 singizia
------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singizia[English Word] accuse falsely[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singizia[English Word] act[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] singizio N------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singizia[English Word] caluminate[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] singizio N------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singizia[English Word] feign[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] singizio N------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singizia[English Word] insinuate[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singizia[English Word] pretend[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] singizio N------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -singizia[English Word] slander[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------ -
10 व्यपदिश् _vyapadiś
व्यपदिश् 6 P.1 To name, call; व्यपदिश्यसे जगति विक्रमी- त्यतः Śi.15.28.-2 To name or call falsely; मित्रं च मां व्यपदिशस्यपरं च यासि Mk.4.9.-3 To speak of, profess; जन्मेन्दोर्विमले कुले व्यपदिशसि Ve.6.7.-4 To pretend, feign; व्यपदिशति नः शैवप्रीत्या कथंचिदनास्थया Mv.2.11.-5 To indi- cate, show.-6 To signify, mean, denote. -
11 ē-mentior
ē-mentior ītus, īrī, dep., to speak falsely, lie, feign, fabricate, falsify, pretend: in historiis: quantum sit ementita opinio, i. e. had erred: auspicia: ementiundo invidiam conflare, S.: vanitas ementiendae stirpis, L.: me beneficio obstrictum esse: natam e terrā sibi prolem, L.—P. pass.: de ementitis auspiciis, forged, lying.—As subst n.: ementita et falsa. -
12 comminisco
comminiscere, comminisci, commentus Vdevise, think up, invent; fabricate; state/contrive falsely, allege, pretend -
13 comminiscor
comminisci, commentus sum V DEPdevise, think up, invent; fabricate; state/contrive falsely, allege, pretend -
14 व्यपदिश्
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15 aparentar ser
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16 ementior
ē-mentĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. a., to put forth or utter falsely, to feign, fabricate, pretend (class.):quae dixisti modo, Omnia ementitus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 255:aliquid,
Cic. Balb. 2, 5; id. Phil. 2, 33, 83; id. Opt. Gen. 7, 21; Sall. C. 49, 4; Liv. 9, 18; 21, 63, 5 al.—And with acc. and inf. as object, Cic. Planc. 30, 73; Liv. 1, 8; Suet. Calig. 51; Tac. A. 2, 66; 13, 47; id. H. 2, 42 al.;also: aliquem,
to feign being any one, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 143; Petr. 82, 3.— Absol.:ego haec omnia Chrysogonum fecisse dico, ut ementiretur, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 44; id. Div. 1, 9; Suet. Caes. 66; cf.:alii ementiti sunt in eos, quos oderant,
Cic. Part. 14, 50:concessum est rhetoribus ementiri in historiis,
to depart from truth, id. Brut. 11, 42.► ēmentītus, a, um, in pass. signif., forged, fabricated, pretended, C. Memmius ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; Cic. Phil. 2, 35; id. N. D. 2, 21, 56; id. Tusc. 3, 24, 58; Apul. M. 4, 5, p. 245; Diet. Cret. 1, 20. -
17 ementitus
ē-mentĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. a., to put forth or utter falsely, to feign, fabricate, pretend (class.):quae dixisti modo, Omnia ementitus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 255:aliquid,
Cic. Balb. 2, 5; id. Phil. 2, 33, 83; id. Opt. Gen. 7, 21; Sall. C. 49, 4; Liv. 9, 18; 21, 63, 5 al.—And with acc. and inf. as object, Cic. Planc. 30, 73; Liv. 1, 8; Suet. Calig. 51; Tac. A. 2, 66; 13, 47; id. H. 2, 42 al.;also: aliquem,
to feign being any one, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 143; Petr. 82, 3.— Absol.:ego haec omnia Chrysogonum fecisse dico, ut ementiretur, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 44; id. Div. 1, 9; Suet. Caes. 66; cf.:alii ementiti sunt in eos, quos oderant,
Cic. Part. 14, 50:concessum est rhetoribus ementiri in historiis,
to depart from truth, id. Brut. 11, 42.► ēmentītus, a, um, in pass. signif., forged, fabricated, pretended, C. Memmius ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; Cic. Phil. 2, 35; id. N. D. 2, 21, 56; id. Tusc. 3, 24, 58; Apul. M. 4, 5, p. 245; Diet. Cret. 1, 20.
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