underdealing

English

Etymology

under- +‎ dealing

Noun

underdealing (countable and uncountable, plural underdealings)

Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; trickery.
- 1649, J[ohn] Milton, chapter XII, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 122:
  But mentions not that by his underdealing to debauſh Armies heer at home, [...]

Verb

underdealing

present participle and gerund of underdeal

Anagrams

underleading

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