sense, some people think that “lying” refers to all kinds of deception, including not only spoken and written statements, but also actions intended to mislead or deceive others (such as leaving the lights on in a home in order to make burglars think someone is there), verbal statements that only disclose a part of what someone knows to be true, and unintentional falsehoods, statements that someone believes to be true, but which turn out to be false. However, these broader definitions of lying include