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Double-dealing

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.

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

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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