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The character for deception, "诈", derives from its traditional form "詐", which combines the semantic component "言" (speech) with the phonetic component "乍", the latter also carrying a connotation of something sudden or unexpected. This structure directly points to the core concept of misleading or false words delivered with deliberate intent. Over its historical usage, the meaning of the character narrowed from a broader sense of craftiness or pretense to more specifically denote acts of fraud, swindling, and willful deceit, consistently anchored by its fundamental association with dishonest speech, even as its written form was streamlined by reducing the speech radical.
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这是诈骗行为。
他诈取了我的钱。
小心网络诈骗。
她没有被欺诈。
你怎么能诈骗朋友？
他诈称生病，其实去了旅游。
商业欺诈会受到法律制裁。
尽管他试图用诈术掩盖真相，但警方早已掌握了证据。