tu quoque

[ too kwoh-kwe; English too kwoh-kwee, -kwey, tyoo ]

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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How to use tu quoque in a sentence

I must reply with the tu quoque, though I've not that effect on you.
The Tragic Muse | Henry James
Cum Marcum Brutum, quem filii loco habebat in se inruentem vidisset, dixisse fertur: tu quoque, mi fili!
Selections from Viri Romae | Charles Franois L'Homond
Being average human beings, indeed, they invariably retort to any charges made against them with an angry tu quoque to the South.
The Book of This and That | Robert Lynd
By the bandying of insults we profit nothing; there can be no useful rebuke which is exposed to a tu quoque.
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft | George Gissing
Even on the superficial conversion of the Derbyites to free trade, Mr. Gladstone found a tu quoque against the whigs.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) | John Morley

British Dictionary definitions for tu quoque

tu quoque

/ Latin (tjuː ˈkwəʊkwɪ) /

interjection

you likewise: a retort made by a person accused of a crime implying that the accuser is also guilty of the same crime

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