deceitful

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Those who know him well regard him as a deceitful, violent, unstable liar who collaborated with the enemy and then postured as a hero.

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  1. adjective Given to cheating or deceiving.
  2. adjective Deliberately misleading; deceptive. See Synonyms at dishonest.

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  • Perhaps his analysis is slightly deceitful, a little self-serving. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • As with all things done by the deceitful, and of their nature impotent, Jews; the Jews are trying to trick the Goyim into demanding the gold standard which will be the Goyim's undoing. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Sadly, some who lean left have even suggested she is a bad mother, deceitful, and vindictive. —  Grace and Truth to You
  • "Because of Neri's twisted loyalty to Arroyo - and the notoriety of her regime as pathologically corrupt and deceitful, and with a penchant to forcefully suppress dissent and the truth - he does not have even an iota of credibility to honestly and effectively manage the multibillion-peso resources of both NSWP and SSS," the APL declared.
  • Those who know him well regard him as a deceitful, violent, unstable liar who collaborated with the enemy and then postured as a hero. —  CounterPunch
 

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/dəˈsitfəl/
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