DOUBLE-DEALING
ADJECTIVES
..897 ► TWIFOLD double-dealing, deceitful, insincere→ obs.
17C.. ► BOTH-SIDES double-dealing, deceitful, two-faced → obs.
1958 ► DUPLICITOUS double-dealing, showing duplicity, deceitful, two-faced
NOUNS
1330 ► HAVELON double-dealing, cunning, as of a fox; wile, guile → obs.
1382 ► DOUBLE HEART double-dealing, duplicity
1841 ► HANKY-PANKY double-dealing, trickery, underhand dealing; dishonest or corrupt activity → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1570 ► MACHIAVEL → MACHIVELL a double-dealing person one who acts on the principles of Machiavelli (a celebrated Florence statesman who advocated the pursuit of statecraft at the expense of morality; an unscrupulous schemer
1825 ► RAMAGIECHAN a double-dealing, dishonest person; a hypocrite, a cheat → Sc.