double dealing

3 definitions found

double dealing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]

  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]

double dealing - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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