subreption
Meanings
noun
- Under Roman law, the act of giving false testimony.
- The act of obtaining a favour or grant by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
- The act of obtaining a gift or favor by concealing the truth.
- 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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Etymology
From Latin subreptio, from subripere, subreptum (“to snatch or take away secretly”). Compare French subreption. See surreptitious, surreptition.
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