Ambiguity Is Commonly Considered Unintentional While Deception Is Considered Intentional. Here, Roger W. Shuy Describes Fifteen Criminal Cases In Which Police, Prosecutors, And Undercover Agents Used Deceptive Ambiguity With Criminal Suspects And Defendants, Many Times Giving Evidence Of Being Intentionally Constructed Through The Manipulation Of The Speech Events, Schemas, Agendas, Speech Acts, Strategies, Lexicon, And Grammar. Roger W. Shuy. Previously Issued In Print: 2017. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.