Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)A duplicate or counterpart that acts in a contrary, nefarious, or insidious manner.

    As a ploy to discredit the reformist politician, the opposing party had hired a lookalike to act as his evil twin and be seen in a variety of compromising situations.

  2. A rogue wireless access point installed near a legitimate one for purposes of eavesdropping or phishing.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom has an evil twin brother.

    ruУ Тома есть злой брат-близнец. — Karok

    deTom hat einen bösen Zwillingsbruder. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. My evil twin disagrees.

  3. Tom is John's evil twin.

    Том - лихий близнюк Джона. — deniko

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  4. The United States is Canada's evil twin.

    deDie USA sind der böse Zwilling Kanadas. — toivo

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From evil and twin.

From evil and twin.

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Forms

plural: evil twins
Singularevil twin
Pluralevil twins

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
duplicate of contrary or nefarious intent:alter egochangelingdoppelganger

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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