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Crocodile tears   /krˈɑkədˌaɪl tɛrz/   Listen
Crocodile tears

noun
1.
A hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping.  "Politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed"






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Words linked to "Crocodile tears" :   lip service, hypocrisy



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