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Noun: crocodile tears
  1. A hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping
    "the secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager's dilemma"; "politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed"

Type of: hypocrisy, lip service

Encyclopedia: Crocodile tears

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