double-dealing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
double-dealing
    adj 1: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by
           pretending one set of feelings and acting under the
           influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming
           little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double
           agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"-
           W.M.Thackeray [syn: {ambidextrous}, {deceitful}, {double-
           dealing}, {duplicitous}, {Janus-faced}, {two-faced},
           {double-faced}, {double-tongued}]
    n 1: acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain
         one set of intentions while acting under the influence of
         another [syn: {duplicity}, {double-dealing}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
double-dealing \double-dealing\ adj.
   1. given to deception especially by pretending one set of
      feelings and acting under the influence of another; as,
      they accused each other of double-dealing behavior.

   Syn: ambidextrous, deceitful, duplicitous, two-faced.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
    

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