| Subject | English | German |
| econ., amer. | deceptive business practices | Täuschung angelegte geschäftliche Machenschaften |
| interntl.trade. | deceptive practices | irreführende Praktiken |
| comp., MS | deceptive trade practices | irreführende Handelspraktiken (Practices that involve misleading or misrepresenting products or services to consumers and customers. In the U.S., these practices are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission at the federal level and typically by the Attorney General's Office of Consumer Protection at the state level) |