|  double-dealing 
 
 acting in bad faith;
 deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
 • Syn:
 duplicity
 • Derivationally related forms:
 duplicitous (for: duplicity)
 • Hypernyms:
 deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
 
 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, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced,
 double-faced, double-tongued
 • Similar to:
 dishonest, dishonorable
 • Derivationally related forms:
 duplicity (for: duplicitous), deceitfulness (for: deceitful)
 
 
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