as in deceptive
given to or marked by cheating and deception
warned her not to trust the duplicitous art dealer
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Other players include Wow Platinum (Aubrey Plaza), an ambitious, dangerous TV personality, and Cesar’s jealous, duplicitous cousin, Clodio Pulcher (Shia LaBeouf).
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Records dating back over a millennium show that measles has had a duplicitous nature since humans began documenting it.
—History / Elena Conis, TIME, 29 May 2024
In the Alias pilot, Sydney tells her boyfriend Danny the truth after they get engaged; her duplicitous employers respond by killing Danny to protect operational security.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
Vergennes has seen it all, and when Franklin settles with the British in a duplicitous last diplomatic pirouette, he is irked but not unduly.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Records dating back over a millennium show that measles has had a duplicitous nature since humans began documenting it.
—History / Elena Conis, TIME, 29 May 2024
In the Alias pilot, Sydney tells her boyfriend Danny the truth after they get engaged; her duplicitous employers respond by killing Danny to protect operational security.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
Vergennes has seen it all, and when Franklin settles with the British in a duplicitous last diplomatic pirouette, he is irked but not unduly.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Duplicitous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicitous. Accessed 9 Sep. 2024.
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