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duplicity (s) (noun), duplicities (pl)
1. A dishonest action or behavior which is meant to trick or to fool someone: The telephone caller who claimed to be the nephew of an elderly woman and who asked her for money was a duplicity that resulted in the arrest of the person who went to pick up the funds because Sarah was aware of such duplicities happening to others.
2. Etymology: borrowed from Middle French duplicite; from Late Latin duplicitatem, duplicitas, "doubleness".
A deliberate deceptiveness in behavior.
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A double dealing to achieve an illegal objective.
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This entry is located in the following units: duo-, du- (page 4) -ity (page 7) plic-, pli- plect-, plec-, plici-, -plex, -plexity, -plexus,
-ple, -pli, -plic, -plicat, -plicit, -plicate, -plication, -ply (page 3)