dou·ble-deal·ing

(dŭb′əl-dē′lĭng)

adj.

Duplicitous or deceitful; treacherous.

Duplicity or deceit; treachery.

dou′ble-deal′er n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

double-dealer - a person who says one thing and does another

double-crosser, traitor, two-timer, betrayer

beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

Judas - someone who betrays under the guise of friendship

Translations

double-dealer

[ˈdʌb/əl ˈdiːləʳ] n → doppio-giochista m/f

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References in classic literature

Though so profound a double-dealer, I was in no sense a hypocrite; both sides of me were in dead earnest; I was no more myself when I laid aside restraint and plunged in shame, than when I laboured, in the eye of day, at the futherance of knowledge or the relief of sorrow and suffering.

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'I will not descend into using uncouth, insulting and gutter languages as Senator Okurounmu did by referring to me as a traitor, a security agent and a double-dealer. In spite of his sustained attacks on me in the last two weeks, I was unruffled, unmoved as a tested fighter and warrior,' he said.

Osoba To Okurounmu: You're Attacking Out Of Envy

That Washington still considers Islamabad a double-dealer that publicly denounces the Taliban and other non-state actors like the anti-India Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, but covertly uses them as geopolitical levers.

Quest for an Identity

"I heard from the lads that Polley was a bit of a double-dealer and, although he got them a very good deal with Warners, just prior to me joining they were having difficulties getting hold of any of the money."

'I was the new boy ... telling everyone there was light at the end of the tunnel and it'll all be OK' FEATURE They were Welsh rock heroes and a 'poison chalice' of a band after two founder members committed suicide following disputes over royalties. Dave Owens talks to keyboard player Bob Jackson as he goes out on tour again under the Badfinger name

The double-dealer made headlines for being the highest ranking US official to visit the Hiroshima Peace Park in Japan, after which he and other world leaders (some from nuclear-armed states) issued a call for a "world without nuclear weapons." Kerry's nuclear hypocrisy and embarrassment, however, was also on display for all to see when he deliberately refused to apologize for the US atomic bombing of Japan during the Second World War, and question the massive nuclear weapons buildup within his country.

Fig Leaf: Kerry Has Something to Hide from Hiroshima, Nagasaki

Here was an actor that Prunella Scales who after playing Congreve's period comedy, The Double-Dealer for chemical plant workers in Billingham with Postlethwaite called him the best Restoration truck driver she'd ever worked with.

Fearless memoir from an actor who was exactly that

"I really want Rachel back but that doesn't look likely now - thanks to that bloody parrot!" concludes the double-dealer husband.

Parrot tells owner about her husband's polygamous ways

Chalabi's record as a double-dealer and unreliable source stretches back for decades.

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HHHHI 187THE newest of the action heroes, ex-wrestler The Rock, stars as a bounty hunter sent to bring back a slick-talking double-dealer from the Amazonian rainforest.

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