double-dealing

dou·ble-deal·ing (dbl-dlng)

adj.

Duplicitous or deceitful; treacherous.

n.

Duplicity or deceit; treachery.

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double-dealer n.

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double-dealing

Noun

treacherous or deceitful behaviour

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	double-dealing - acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another duplicity dissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit - the act of deceiving
Adj.	1.	double-dealing - 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 double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced, Janus-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-faced dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive