One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person; a person who says one thing and does another. L'Estrange. Syn. -- double-crosser, betrayer, traitor. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]
False or deceitful dealing; acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another. See Double dealing, under Dealing. Shak. Syn. -- duplicity. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]
adj. 1. given to deception especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; as, they accused each other of double-dealing behavior. Syn. -- ambidextrous, deceitful, duplicitous, two-faced. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
[またぐらごうやく;またぐらこうやく, mataguragouyaku ; matagurakouyaku](n) double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict[Add to Longdo]
[うちまたこうやく;うちまたごうやく, uchimatakouyaku ; uchimatagouyaku](n) double-dealer; fence-sitter; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict; duplicity; turncoat[Add to Longdo]
[ふたまたこうやく;ふたまたごうやく, futamatakouyaku ; futamatagouyaku](n) double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict[Add to Longdo]
[うらおもて, uraomote](n) (1) both sides; (2) wrong side out; reverse; opposite; (3) (See 表裏) double-dealing; two faces (c.f. two-faced); (P)[Add to Longdo]