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double-deal
[duhb-uhl-deel]
verb (used without object)
to practice double-dealing.
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- double-dealer noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of double-deal1
Example Sentences
Last week, the Georgia Democratic party and several not-for-profit advocacy groups called on Kemp to resign as secretary of state so he could run for governor free of suspicion that he might double-deal on his own behalf.
But Wasserman repeatedly refused to be drawn on whether LA would entertain a 2024-2028 double-deal with rival Paris, stating that such a move remained hypothetical.
It was not Hamiltonās āzealousā persuasion that tipped the House vote toward Thomas Jefferson; it was Jeffersonās backroom deals and favors that bought off the Federalists and turned the election around.ĢżBurr refused to double-deal.
When he reaches the 20th century he is at full steam, saying ā not without foundation ā that America was ready in Iran to ādouble-deal and double-crossā at every turn, and condemning the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq, but without distinguishing between them or delving into the gory domestic context in either country.
The popular narrative is that Goldman uses its privileged trading position in capital markets to double-deal, favouring some clients more than others, but above all favouring itself; that it sneakily sought to profit from the crash; that its alumni in high places helped it manipulate the bail-out; that it contributed to the global fiscal crisis by helping Greece and other countries mask their debt; and so on.
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