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tu quoque

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tu quo⋅que

  [too kwoh-kwe; Eng. too kwoh-kwee, -kwey, tyoo]
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Latin.
thou too: a retort by one charged with a crime accusing an opponent who has brought the charges of a similar crime.
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tu quo·que   (tōō kwō'kwē, -kwā, tyōō)   
n.  A retort accusing an accuser of a similar offense or similar behavior.

[Latin tū quoque, you also : tū, you + quoque, also.]
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tu quoque 
1671, from L., lit. "thou also" (or, in modern slang, "so are you!"); an argument which consists in retorting accusations.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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