duplicitous

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Carl’s duplicitous behavior, meanwhile, leads Roy to think his brother is planning to make him the fall guy for their mutual misdeeds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Unlike the duplicitous characters it centers on, "Yellowjackets" introduced itself in its 2021 premiere as exactly what it is, a show about the worst.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025

He aimed his deepest scorn at Nunn, whom he blamed for his downfall, denouncing him as blindly ambitious, duplicitous, timid, and priggish.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2025

He countersued last week, claiming she had made a "duplicitous attempt to destroy" him.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

“Hale knows everything,” the informant Morrison had told agents, and there were signs that Morrison might be playing his own duplicitous game.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann