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double-dealing

[duhb-uhl-dee-ling] / ˈdʌb əlˈdi lɪŋ /




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Not a bad legacy, considering George Downing is summarized by his biographer thus: “Liar, blackmailer, seducer and thief, this double-dealing shapeshifter would betray both friends and principles without a moment’s misgiving.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

When you’re spending money that’s not your own but that one day might be your inheritance, it sometimes feels like double-dealing, psychologically.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

Virtually every witness to the slaughter, including Blackthorne and Lady Mariko, is aghast, the double-dealing Lord Yabushige most of all.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Brad Gordon says Latchford was double-dealing right until his death.

From BBC • May 12, 2022

And Washington, playing his role in the agent’s double-dealing, supplied Hunter with such real tidbits as the actual strength of his army and the location of his supply dumps.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen




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