subreption

noun /sʌbˈɹɛpʃən/

1. Under Roman law, the act of giving false testimony.

   countable, historical, uncountable

2. The act of obtaining a favour or grant by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.

   countable, uncountable

   lest there should be any subreption in this sacred business, it is ordered, that these Ordinations should be no other than solemn

3. The act of obtaining a gift or favor by concealing the truth.

   countable, uncountable

4. 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.

   countable, uncountable

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry subreption (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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