duplicity

n., pl., -ties.

1. 1. Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
   2. An instance of deliberate deceptiveness; double-dealing.
2. The quality or state of being twofold or double.

[Middle English duplicite, from Old French, from Late Latin duplicitās, doubleness, from Latin duplex, duplic-, twofold.]

noun

The act or practice of deceiving: cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, double-dealing, guile, shiftiness. See honest/dishonest.

n

Definition: deception
Antonyms: forthrightness, honesty, trustworthiness

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In practice, the technical invalidity resulting from uniting two or more causes of action in one count of a pleading, or multiple defenses in one plea, or multiple crimes in one count of an indictment, or two or more incongruous subjects in one legislative act, which may be contrary to proper procedural or constitutional requirements, see, e.g., 47 F. Supp. 524, 529, 530 (pleadings); 173 N.E. 2d 474, 475 (indictments); 273 P. 928, 930 (legislation). Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 8(e) permits duplicity in the federal courts. See also joinder; misjoinder.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - tvetydighed, dobbeltspil

Nederlands (Dutch)
dubbelhartigheid, bedrog

Français (French)
n. - duplicité, fourberie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Falschheit, zweifaches Vorkommen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διπλοπροσωπία

Italiano (Italian)
malafede

Português (Portuguese)
n. - duplicidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
двуличность

Español (Spanish)
n. - duplicidad, doblez

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dubbelhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
口是心非, 表里不一, 不诚实

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 口是心非, 表裡不一, 不誠實

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이중성, 불성실, 겉과 속이 일치하지 않음

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 二枚舌を使うこと, いかさま, 表裏のあること, 二枚舌

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نفاق, ازدواج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צביעות, רמאות‬

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