deceitful

Words with a similar base: deceitful

'deceitful'

[deceitful.s.01] as in: intended to deceive; ; ; - S.T.Coleridge

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Examples:
deceitful advertising
fallacious testimony
smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice
a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes

'deceitful'

[ambidextrous.s.01] as in: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; - Israel Zangwill; ; - W.M.Thackeray

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Examples:
she was a deceitful scheming little thing
a double-dealing double agent
a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer