double dealing

Dealing \Deal"ing\, n.
   The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of
   cards to the players; method of business; traffic;
   intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Double dealing}, insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity.
      

   {Plain dealing}, fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest,
      outspoken expression of opinion.
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Double dealing \Dou"ble deal"ing\, double-dealing
\dou"ble-deal"ing\
   False or deceitful dealing; acting in bad faith; deception by
   pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting
   under the influence of another. See {Double dealing}, under
   {Dealing}. --Shak.

   Syn: duplicity.
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56 Moby Thesaurus words for "double dealing":
      Machiavellian, Machiavellianism, ambidexterity, ambidextrous,
      artful, artifice, bad faith, chicane, chicanery, crafty, crooked,
      cunning, deceitful, deceitfulness, dirty pool, dirty trick,
      dirty work, dishonest, dishonesty, double, double-faced,
      double-minded, double-tongued, doublehearted, doubleness,
      doubleness of heart, duplicitous, duplicity, faithless,
      faithlessness, false, false-principled, falsehearted,
      falseheartedness, falseness, foul play, fraud, hanky-panky,
      hypocritical, improbity, left-handed, low cunning, perfidious,
      perfidiousness, perfidy, sharp practice, shifty, slippery,
      treacherous, treacherousness, treachery, trickery, tricky,
      two-faced, two-facedness, wile