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double-dealing
[ duhb-uhl-dee-ling ]
noun
- duplicity; treachery; deception.
adjective
- using duplicity; treacherous.
double-dealing
noun
- action characterized by treachery or deceit
- ( as modifier )
double-dealing treachery
Derived Forms
- ˈ»å´Ç³Ü²ú±ô±ð-ˈ»å±ð²¹±ô±ð°ù, noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of double-dealing1
Example Sentences
But could the popularity of this show, based on deception and double-dealing, tell us something fundamental about the contemporary British psyche?
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.
"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.
His flamboyant personality struck a chord with the Italian electorate, which continued to back him despite allegations of corruption and double-dealing.
A devotee of prevarication and double-dealing, Molière would have made the most, in three acts, of stories like these.
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