double-dealing
duplicity; treachery; deception.
using duplicity; treacherous.
Origin of double-dealing
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How to use double-dealing in a sentence
Israeli politics will now devolve into a fierce period of horse-trading, double dealing, and speculation.
Israel’s Election Could Be Bad News for Netanyahu | Robert Shrum | January 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWell, if Washington had any brains, it would not continue to let Karzai get away with this double-dealing.
If true, this would represent an extreme example of double dealing, even by Pakistani standards.
It's a legitimate question from those critical of Obama and wary of the Pakistani army's double-dealing.
On him, it is said, the King turned with vehement indignation, charging him even with treason and double-dealing.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
De Gery pointed out very clearly all the infamies and all the double dealing which surrounded him.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetAt first they thought that they would have to guard themselves against roguery and double-dealing on the part of the tin workers.
The Iron Puddler | James J. DavisHis conduct at this time as at all others laid him open to charges of double dealing and treachery.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonOf course it was done honestly; nobody suspects the Mayor of Boston of double-dealing, of intrigue, or of any indirection!
The Trial of Theodore Parker | Theodore Parker
British Dictionary definitions for double-dealing
action characterized by treachery or deceit
(as modifier): double-dealing treachery
Derived forms of double-dealing
- double-dealer, noun
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