double-dealing

3 definitions found

double-dealing - 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]

  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]

double-dealing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]