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Double-dealing

Double-dealing Meaning & Definition
Double-dealing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Double-dealing?

[n] acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
[adj] marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray

Synonyms | Synonyms for Double-dealing: ambidextrous | deceitful | dishonest | dishonorable | double-faced | double-tongued | duplicitous | duplicity | Janus-faced | two-faced

Related Terms | Find terms related to Double-dealing: ambidexterity | ambidextrous | artful | artifice | bad faith | chicane | chicanery | crafty | crooked | cunning | deceitful | deceitfulness | dirty pool | dirty trick | dirty work | dishonest | dishonesty | double | double-faced | doublehearted | double-minded | doubleness | doubleness of heart | double-tongued | duplicitous | duplicity | faithless | faithlessness | false | falsehearted | falseheartedness | falseness | false-principled | foul play | fraud | hanky-panky | hypocritical | improbity | left-handed | low cunning | Machiavellian | Machiavellianism | perfidious | perfidiousness | perfidy | sharp practice | shifty | slippery | treacherous | treacherousness | treachery | trickery | tricky | two-faced | two-facedness | wile

See Also | deceit | deception | dissembling | dissimulation

Double-dealing In Webster's Dictionary

\Dou"ble deal"ing\ False or deceitful dealing. See {Double dealing}, under {Dealing}. --Shak.

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