duplicity

  • 11duplicity — ► NOUN ▪ deceitfulness …

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  • 12duplicity — [do͞o plis′ə tē, dyo͞oplis′ə tē] n. pl. duplicities [ME duplicite < OFr duplicité < LL duplicitas < L duplicare: see DUPLEX] hypocritical cunning or deception; double dealing …

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  • 13duplicity — [[t]djuːplɪ̱sɪti, AM duː [/t]] N UNCOUNT If you accuse someone of duplicity, you mean that they are deceitful. [FORMAL] Malcolm believed his former mentor was guilty of duplicity in his private dealings. Syn: deceit …

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  • 14duplicity — The technical fault in common law pleading of uniting two or more causes of action in one count in a writ, or two or more grounds of defense in one plea, or two or more breaches in a replication, or two or more offenses in the same count of an… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 15duplicity — The technical fault in common law pleading of uniting two or more causes of action in one count in a writ, or two or more grounds of defense in one plea, or two or more breaches in a replication, or two or more offenses in the same count of an… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 16duplicity — Deception, particularly in double dealing. See duplicity in indictment or information; duplicity in pleading …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 17duplicity — n. duplicity in * * * [dju(ː) plɪsɪtɪ] duplicityin …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 18duplicity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. double dealing, two facedness, treachery, deceitfulness, fraud, guile, hypocrisy. See falsehood, improbity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. double dealing, deceit, dishonesty; see deception 1 , dishonesty ,… …

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  • 19duplicity — noun he got caught up in the duplicity of his crooked partners Syn: deceitfulness, deceit, deception, double dealing, underhandedness, dishonesty, fraud, fraudulence, sharp practice, chicanery, trickery, subterfuge, skulduggery, treachery;… …

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  • 20duplicity — /djuˈplɪsəti / (say dyooh plisuhtee) noun (plural duplicities) 1. deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double dealing. 2. Astronomy the quality or state of …