double-dealing
[duhb-uh l-dee-ling]
- duplicity; treachery; deception.
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- using duplicity; treacherous.
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Origin of double-dealing
First recorded in 1520–30
double-deal
[duhb-uh l-deel]
- to practice double-dealing.
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Origin of double-deal
First recorded in 1965–70
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Contemporary Examples
Well, if Washington had any brains, it would not continue to let Karzai get away with this double-dealing.
It's a legitimate question from those critical of Obama and wary of the Pakistani army's double-dealing.
Historical Examples
I am weary of its double-dealing, and tired of its gilded falsehood.
Roland CashelCharles James Lever
You don't mean to say you do not believe my son and me—that you suspect us of double-dealing!
Steve and the Steam EngineSara Ware Bassett
The child was too young to reason, too simple by nature to give any thought to double-dealing.
A Modern TomboyL. T. Meade
His double-dealing was rather too much even for the Holy Alliance.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by YearEdwin Emerson
It is averse to knavery, to crafty guile and double-dealing.
Epistle Sermons, Vol. IIMartin Luther
double-dealing
- action characterized by treachery or deceit
- (as modifier)double-dealing treachery
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