Verbal deceit / Verbal fraud

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Verbal deceit / Verbal fraud

Verbal deceit / Verbal fraud

Deceit or fraud carried out through words — originally referring to speech that causes emotional harm or distress to another person.

“Just as there is fraud in business transactions, so there is fraud in words. One should not ask, ‘How much is this item?’ when he has no intention to buy it.” — Bava Metzia 58b

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Expression (Hebrew)

אוֹנָאַת דְּבָרִים / הוֹנָאַת דְּבָרִים

Definition (Hebrew)

הוֹנָאָה אוֹ מִרְמָה הַנַּעֲשִׂים בְּאֶמְצָעוּת דִּבּוּרִים. בַּמָּקוֹר: דְּבָרִים שֶׁאָדָם אוֹמֵר וְגוֹרֵם בְּכָךְ צַעַר לַשּׁוֹמֵעַ.

"כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאוֹנָאָה בְּמִקָּח וּמִמְכָּר כָּךְ אוֹנָאָה בִּדְבָרִים. לֹא יֹאמַר לוֹ 'בְּכַמָּה חֵפֶץ זֶה?' וְהוּא אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לִקַּח" — בָּבָא מְצִיעָא נָח ע"ב

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