duplicity
noun
[ djuːˈplɪsɪti ]
• deceitfulness.
• "he was accused of duplicity and branded a traitor"
Similar:
deceitfulness,
deceit,
deception,
deviousness,
two-facedness,
double-dealing,
underhandedness,
dishonesty,
falseness,
falsity,
fraud,
fraudulence,
sharp practice,
swindling,
cheating,
chicanery,
trickery,
craft,
guile,
artifice,
subterfuge,
skulduggery,
treachery,
unfairness,
unjustness,
perfidy,
improbity,
crookedness,
shadiness,
foxiness,
dirty tricks,
shenanigans,
monkey business,
funny business,
hanky-panky,
jiggery-pokery,
monkeyshines,
codology,
knavery,
knavishness,
management,
• the state of being double.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French duplicite or late Latin duplicitas, from Latin duplic- ‘twofold’ (see duplex).
