sub|rep|tion

sub|rep|tion
sub|rep|tion «suhb REHP shuhn», noun.
1. the suppression of facts in order to obtain something, as ecclesiastical dispensation or preferment.
2. a fallacious or deceptive representation or an inference derived from it.
[< Latin subreptiō, -ōnis < subripere remove secretly, steal < sub- under + rapere snatch. Compare etym. under surreptitious. (Cf.surreptitious)]

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