double-deal
Americanverb (used without object)
Other Word Forms
- double-dealer noun
Etymology
Origin of double-deal
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Last week, the Georgia Democratic party and several not-for-profit advocacy groups called on Kemp to resign as secretary of state so he could run for governor free of suspicion that he might double-deal on his own behalf.
From The Guardian
But Wasserman repeatedly refused to be drawn on whether LA would entertain a 2024-2028 double-deal with rival Paris, stating that such a move remained hypothetical.
From Reuters
It was not Hamilton’s “zealous” persuasion that tipped the House vote toward Thomas Jefferson; it was Jefferson’s backroom deals and favors that bought off the Federalists and turned the election around. Burr refused to double-deal.
From Washington Post
The popular narrative is that Goldman uses its privileged trading position in capital markets to double-deal, favouring some clients more than others, but above all favouring itself; that it sneakily sought to profit from the crash; that its alumni in high places helped it manipulate the bail-out; that it contributed to the global fiscal crisis by helping Greece and other countries mask their debt; and so on.
From Economist
Around a 1914 map of Europe, three to seven players representing different countries try to deal and double-deal their way to control of the Continent, using fleets, armies and entangling alliances.
From Time Magazine Archive
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