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double-dealing

doub·le·dea·ling

uncommon

noun

1.

acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

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adjective

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

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