Characterized by or involving deceit, fraud, or deliberate misrepresentation; used primarily in legal language.
From Latin 'dolosus', the adjectival form of 'dolus' (deceit). This legal term entered English through the influence of Latin legal terminology used in formal judicial contexts.
This is a perfect example of 'legal Latin'—'dolose' behavior is a term judges and lawyers use, but almost no other English speakers would recognize it, showing how different specialized fields develop their own vocabularies.
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