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was deceitful
adjective
Deliberately misleading or cheating
Exact(24)
That, she said, was deceitful.
He was deceitful, as cunning as a snake.
The move, according to the bankruptcy examiner, was deceitful and damaged creditors of Dynegy Holdings.
Critics said he was deceitful and misunderstood the ideas he was attacking.
The new pope was deceitful, argues Mr Verbitsky: while pretending to help the priests publicly, he had privately worked against them.At first glance, the document looks damning.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei added that he was concerned about the fate of nuclear talks because the other side was "deceitful and back-stabbing".
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What you are proposing is deceitful -- done for a good purpose, perhaps, but still deceit.
It is deceitful.
It's deceitful".
"Their movement is deceitful.
It is deceitful and selfish.
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