duplicity

Übersetzungen

duplicitysubstantiv
duplicities
Pl.
His duplicity was revealed when he was caught lying to both parties.
Его двуличие было раскрыто, когда его поймали на лжи обеим сторонам.
The politician's duplicity was evident in his contradictory statements.
Обман политика был очевиден в его противоречивых заявлениях.

Definitionen

duplicitysubstantiv
Deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing.
The politician was accused of duplicity after promising different things to different groups.
The state or quality of having two elements or parts; being twofold or double.
The duplicity of the design allowed it to serve both as a table and a storage unit.
Law: the improper joining of two or more distinct offenses or causes of action in a single count of an indictment or pleading.
The defense attorney argued that the charge was defective due to duplicity in the indictment.