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

It’s at these very junctures that the archetypes of the unconscious can do their greatest mischief, shifting what at one moment is experienced as a benevolent parent into a duplicitous one.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2024

Even as Smirnov was being paid as a government informant, he participated in duplicitous business schemes, according to court records and interviews.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024

“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