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double-dealing

[ duhb-uhl-dee-ling ]

noun

  1. duplicity; treachery; deception.


adjective

  1. using duplicity; treacherous.

double-dealing

noun

    1. action characterized by treachery or deceit
    2. ( as modifier )

      double-dealing treachery

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Derived Forms

  • ˈ»å´Ç³Ü²ú±ô±ð-ˈ»å±ð²¹±ô±ð°ù, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of double-dealing1

First recorded in 1520–30
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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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His flamboyant personality struck a chord with the Italian electorate, which continued to back him despite allegations of corruption and double-dealing.

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A devotee of prevarication and double-dealing, Molière would have made the most, in three acts, of stories like these.

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