Thesaurus: duplicity

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1. n. Doubleness; a twofold state.
2. n. Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith.
3. n. The use of two or more distinct allegations or answers, where one is sufficient.
4. n. In indictments, the union of two incompatible offenses.
5. n. a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
6. n. acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
7. n:100 n. acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another