adj
Relating to use of bait and switch (offering one attractive exchange initially, but not honoring the offer) in business, politics, and elsewhere.
n
A contentious person, quarreler, or fighter.
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An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
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(law, humorous) Any legal strategy or propaganda strategy that seeks to overwhelm its audience with nonsensical arguments, as a way of confusing the audience and drowning out legitimate opposing arguments.
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Alternative spelling of con artist [A person who defrauds or swindles others after first gaining their trust; a scam operator.]
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The position of being a double agent.
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Alternative spelling of double-dealer [One who double deals; a cheat or crook.]
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(Britain) Synonym of dual mandate
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An existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues.
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(idiomatic) Something causing someone to do a double take.
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(reflexive) To make arrangements to do two things at the same time, such that it is impossible to keep both arrangements.
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Alternative form of double deal [To deal the top and bottom cards from a deck to a confederate in a card game as if they were one card.]
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One who double deals; a cheat or crook.
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Alternative spelling of double penetrate [(transitive) To sexually penetrate someone simultaneously in one or more orifices.]
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(slang, transitive) To gang up on someone.
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A very troublesome object or person.
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To betray someone by leading them into a trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
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(archaic) A trick; double-dealing.
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All possible means, both honest and dishonest
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The use of legal but unsporting tactics to gain an advantage over one’s opponent
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(US, law) The threatened exposure of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.
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(obsolete) Cheating; deception.
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(informal, idiomatic) Someone who is easily fooled, victimized, or ridiculed.
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The usage of underhanded influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired outcome.
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A quiz without right of mistake.
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Prevarication; dishonest bargaining, haggling.
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A person involved in such a fraud.
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(copulative) Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.
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(idiomatic, dated) To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.
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A competition in the answering of questions.
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A game show in the form of a quiz
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Alternative spelling of quiz show [A game show in the form of a quiz]
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To achieve or access by means of social engineering.
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(derogatory) An entertainment that is supposedly a sport but has no real sporting content.
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A spy who pretends to be a double agent for one side, while actually acting as a double agent for the other side.
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An action which is intended to be perceived as a double bluff, but which is in fact merely a bluff.
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Alternative letter-case form of truth or dare. [(games) A game where players take it in turn to perform a dare set by the other players, or truthfully answer a question put forth by them.]
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(transitive) To be unfaithful to one's (sexual) partner.
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A prolonged war in which the warring sides try to defeat their opponents by wearing them out.
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(informal) A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator.
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