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Duplicity (Noun)

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

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

A fraudulent or duplicitous representation.

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

The company was accused of great duplicity in its marketing campaign, making false claims about the health benefits of their product to unsuspecting consumers.
His duplicity was eventually exposed when it was discovered that he had been secretly working for a competitor while still on the company's payroll.
The politician's speech was criticized for its duplicity, as she promised one thing to her supporters but had a completely different agenda in mind.
The con artist's duplicity was so convincing that he was able to swindle dozens of people out of their life savings before being caught.
The journalist accused the government of duplicity in its handling of the scandal, saying that officials had deliberately misled the public about the true extent of the problem.