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Having a tendency to inflict suffering and pain on others

Of or pertaining to perjury

Lacking in morals or ethics

Deceitful or duplicitous, especially in a hypocritical way

The quality or state of being dishonest or full of deceit or deception

An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence

Deception by use of trickery or subterfuge

Present participle for to betray someone that has one's trust

Present participle for to give incriminating information about someone to authority

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Adjective

Having a tendency to inflict suffering and pain on others

desensitized^US

desensitised^UK

take-no-prisoners

uncompassionate

red in tooth and claw

with a heart of stone

killer instinct

lacking compassion

having a killer instinct

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

evil-intentioned

self-centred^UK

self-centered^US

ill-humoured^UK

Mephistophelian

rubbing the wrong way

as hard as nails

involving bloodshed

confrontational

unsportsmanlike

without sentiment

beyond the pale

mephistophelean

speaking as one finds

calling a spade a spade

unimpressionable

out for revenge

at each other's throats

overextravagant

dyed-in-the-wool

bound and determined

life-threatening

knock-down-and-drag-out

hammer and tongs

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Adjective

Of or pertaining to perjury

committing perjury

extracurricular

snake in the grass

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

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Adjective

Lacking in morals or ethics

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

under-the-table

unsportsmanlike

unconscientious

beyond contempt

gone to the dogs

beyond the pale

not to be trusted

against the law

against the rules

in the fast lane

beneath contempt

easily corrupted

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

open to bribery

without scruples

without standards

of bad reputation

not to be relied upon

pleasure-seeking

good-for-naught

good-for-nothing

lacking restraint

not to be depended on

untrammelled^UK

hole-and-corner

cloak-and-dagger

under the table

playing politics

not straightforward

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Adjective

Deceitful or duplicitous, especially in a hypocritical way

lacking sincerity

with tongue in cheek

like a snake in the grass

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Noun

The quality or state of being dishonest or full of deceit or deception

misrepresentation

telling stories

lack of veracity

disingenuousness

underhandedness

untrustworthiness

duplicitousness

misrepresenting

little white lies

crocodile tears

committing perjury

pretentiousness

sanctimoniousness

pharisaicalness

being two-faced

false profession

lying under oath

giving false testimony

wilful falsehood

bearing false witness

unscrupulousness

false statement

bearing false testimony

forswearing oneself

making false statements

violation of an oath

false testimony

giving false evidence

monkey business

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Noun

An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence

stab in the back

breach of trust

treacherousness

breach of faith

false-heartedness

trahison des clercs

act of disloyalty

act of treachery

untrustworthiness

underhandedness

monkey business

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Noun

Deception by use of trickery or subterfuge

underhandedness

unscrupulousness

surreptitiousness

monkey business

sleight of hand

smoke and mirrors

every trick in the book

misbehaviour^UK

untrustworthiness

ambidextrousness

palace intrigue

artful deception

misleading talk

misdemeanour^UK

artful argument

misappropriation

prestidigitation

specious reasoning

treacherousness

bait and switch

confidence trick

mischievousness

disingenuousness

sanctimoniousness

pharisaicalness

breach of trust

false-heartedness

false profession

breach of faith

stab in the back

misrepresentation

duplicitousness

lack of veracity

misrepresenting

pretentiousness

dishonourableness

self-righteousness

unprincipledness

questionableness

questionability

telling stories

committing perjury

crocodile tears

superciliousness

act of disloyalty

act of treachery

self-satisfaction

being two-faced

trahison des clercs

betrayal of trust

little white lies

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

dishonest dealings

hollow pretense

false pretension

being on the take

affected superiority

double standard

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Verb

Present participle for to betray someone that has one's trust

stabbing in the back

playing someone false

breaking faith with

selling down the river

doing the dirty on

taking for a ride

putting one over on

pulling a fast one on

stringing along

pulling a swifty on

taking advantage of

taking to the cleaners

leading up the garden path

selling a pup to

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

doing a number on

giving someone a bum steer

pulling one's leg

outmanoeuvring^UK

outmaneuvering^US

leading down the garden path

pulling a fast one

turning traitor

turning against

pulling fast one

playing for a sucker

committing treason

running a game on

misrepresenting

selling a bill of goods to

attacking indirectly

doing someone in the eye

playing trick on

leading up garden path

selling a bill of goods

making a fool of

breaking promise

doing someone dirty

making a sucker of

getting the better of

pulling someone's leg

playing a trick on

doing number on

breaking the rules

giving bum steer

playing for a fool

pulling wool over

propagandising^UK

putting up smoke screen

giving wrong information to

giving the wrong impression

sending on a wild goose chase

putting on the wrong track

putting on an act

propagandizing^US

putting on false front

throwing off the scent

twisting around your little finger

pulling strings

stretching the rules

bending the rules

pulling something funny

stacking the cards

hitting below the belt

selling the pass

giving someone a Judas kiss

biting the hand that feeds one

biting the hand that feeds you

playing joke on

taking for ride

taking to cleaners

stealing a march on

running rings round

making rings round

playing games with

putting someone up to something

playing fast and loose with

slipping something over on

giving the runaround

sending on a wild-goose chase

sweeping off feet

making a monkey of

making somebody look an idiot

making a monkey out of

laying a trap for

going one better than

finding a loophole in

exploiting a loophole in

interfering with

telling a white lie

departing from the truth

perjuring oneself

forswearing oneself

making up a story

stretching the truth

not telling the truth

putting up a front

telling an untruth

concocting a story

saying something untrue

inventing a story

telling a terminological inexactitude

committing perjury

telling a falsehood

telling stories

bearing false witness

telling untruths

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“The informant had a plan of double-crossing us from the beginning, and sold us out to some civilian from this area.”

Verb

Present participle for to give incriminating information about someone to authority

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