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playing politics

ADJECTIVE
devious
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calculating deceitful duplicitous fraudulent insidious insincere shrewd sly sneaky underhanded wily
WEAK
artful crooked double-dealing errant erring evasive faking one out fishy foxy guileful indirect not straightforward oblique obliquitous playing games put on roundabout scheming shady shifty sneaking surreptitious treacherous tricky
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fair forthright frank honest naive open sincere
WEAK
artless direct straight straightforward trustworthy truthful

Example Sentences

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"This isn't playing politics - it's taking politics very seriously," he tells the Today programme.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024

In response to a question about whether Netanyahu is playing politics with the war, Biden said: “I don’t think so. He’s trying to work out the serious problem he has.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

“Instead of playing politics with the issue, why don’t we just get together and get it done.”

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

“Either party should think twice about playing politics over a candidate that is this qualified for the position who’s also AAPI,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023

Whether Fremont was acting from conviction or "playing politics" may be left to his biographers.

From Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North by Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright)