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How to pronounce duplicity in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fraudulence
Type of misrepresentation, deception, deceit
Derivation duplicitous
Type Words
Synonyms double-dealing
Type of deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
Derivation duplicitous

Examples of duplicity

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That the American government lies and engages in duplicity is a well known fact.
From the economist.com
If you want to rail against the corruption and duplicity of the US please do so.
From the economist.com
About time the duplicity and illegality of US government activity were exposed.
From the guardian.co.uk
So we now have a measure of hypocrisy laid heavily on top his previous duplicity.
From the guardian.co.uk
The North Koreans then reneged on the deal and openly admitted their duplicity.
From the ocregister.com
There will likely be cover-ups, rationalizations, and other forms of duplicity.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Rightly or wrongly, even her cast mates at the finale criticized her duplicity.
From the stltoday.com
These were viewed as examples of Johnson's and later Richard Nixon's duplicity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
At the core of the serious spy novel is the notion of duplicity and mendacity.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Fraudulence: a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
  • Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
  • (duplicitous) ambidextrous: 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. ...
  • Duplicity is the debut full-length studio album by English trance metal band Silent Descent. It was released on March 12, 2008. A music video was made for the title track "Duplicity."
  • Duplicity is a 2009 American romantic comedy spy-thriller film written and directed by Tony Gilroy, and starring Clive Owen and Julia Roberts. The plot follows two corporate spies with a romantic history who collaborate to carry out a complicated con. The film was released on March 20, 2009.
  • Duplicity is a legal term used to describe the error committed when the charge (known as a count) on an indictment describes two different offences. ...
  • Season two of Smallville, an American television series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, began airing on September 24, 2002, on The WB television network. ...
  • Duplicity is a software suite that provides easy encrypted, digitally signed, versioned, remote backup of files requiring little of the remote server. It is capable of both full backups and incremental backups where only changes since the prior backup was made are stored. ...
  • Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing