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playing politics

ADJECTIVE

devious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calculating deceitful duplicitous fraudulent insidious insincere shrewd sly sneaky underhanded wily

WEAK

artful crooked double-dealing errant erring evasive faking one out fishy foxy guileful indirect not straightforward oblique obliquitous playing games put on roundabout scheming shady shifty sneaking surreptitious treacherous tricky

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fair forthright frank honest naive open sincere

WEAK

artless direct straight straightforward trustworthy truthful

Example Sentences

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He argued that whisky was "very high" up the list of priorities for the UK as it seeks further trade concessions from the US and warned Swinney against "playing politics".

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

“I’m not interested in playing politics with the border and immigration — I’m interested in fixing it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

“We’re not playing politics with this, we’re demanding real, transformative policy change,” Johnson said this week.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

For all her grace and magnetism, May-ling was a woman fatally addicted to luxury, and Ei-ling spent much of her life playing politics to maintain an opulent lifestyle for the Soong clan.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2019

There was a buzz of approval, and he added drily in English: “I’m playing politics, Evelyn.”

From The Fifth-Dimension Tube by Leinster, Murray

playing politics

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