double-dealing

[duhb-uhl-dee-ling]

noun

1. duplicity; treachery; deception.

adjective

1. using duplicity; treacherous.

double-dealing

noun

1. 1. action characterized by treachery or deceit

   2. ( as modifier )

      double-dealing treachery

Other Word Forms

• double-dealer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of double-dealing¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

When you’re spending money that’s not your own but that one day might be your inheritance, it sometimes feels like double-dealing, psychologically.

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This is an excellent moment in history to be a crook, a liar, a gasbag or a double-dealing political hack, because there are far fewer reporters rooting around like drug-sniffing airport dogs.

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But could the popularity of this show, based on deception and double-dealing, tell us something fundamental about the contemporary British psyche?

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This sort of double-dealing is what happens when a “leader” feels beholden to anti-government zealots to keep the job he coveted for so long.

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"It is the height of the double-dealing and impudence peculiar to the U.S. to provoke first and then talk about the so-called 'responsible control over divergence of opinion,'" the commentary said.

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