- deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing.
- an act or instance of such deceitfulness.
- the act or fact of including two or more offenses in one count, or charge, as part of an indictment, thus violating the requirement that each count contain only a single offense.
- the state or quality of having two elements or parts; being twofold or double.
- deception; double-dealing