Duplicity

Doubleness; a twofold state.

Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith.

The use of two or more distinct allegations or answers, where one is sufficient.

In indictments, the union of two incompatible offenses.

acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another