underdealing

English

Etymology

under- +‎ dealing

Noun

underdealing (countable and uncountable, plural underdealings)

1. 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

1. present participle and gerund of underdeal

Anagrams

• underleading