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double-dealing

DEFINITIONS OF: double-dealing

1

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

Synonyms:
duplicity
Type of:
deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation
the act of deceiving

adj marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

“a double-dealing double agent”
Synonyms:
Janus-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced
dishonest, dishonorable
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
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