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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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duplicity, duplicities
Double dealing or deceitfulness involving dishonest behavior which is meant to trick someone into doing something that is to their disadvantage. (2)
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