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duplicitous
(redirected from duplicitously)

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du·plic·i·tous  (d-pls-ts, dy-)
adj.
Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
du·plici·tous·ly adv.
du·plici·tous·ness n.
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Adj.1.duplicitousduplicitous - marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
double-dealing, double-tongued, two-faced, Janus-faced, double-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful
dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
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duplicitous [djuːˈplɪsɪtəs] ADJ (frm) → tramposo
duplicitous
adj → falsch, betrügerisch


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media opinion cartel duplicitously assisted the Red commissars of Moscow, Beijing, and Havana, and gravely deceived the American public.
The dogs that don't bark: a watchdog will not bark at a burglar if it ... by Jasper, William F. / The New American
More parochially, but not less importantly, those of us who are academics, that is, those of us who carry the gentle cudgels of reason and semantic precision have an obligation to notice when our language and our concepts are being used pejoratively and duplicitously, especially by those who claim to be among our number.
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One poll found 68 percent saying the right person had not won the $1 million, but 61 percent also said he played fair, and 49 percent said they would behave as duplicitously as Richard had to win the money.
RICH SURVIVES! NAKED TRAINER TAKES HOME $1 MILLION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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