It describes "ulterior motive" - the action of hiding a bad motive beneath a good one
Example: helping the old lady across the street (good motive) to pickpocket her purse (bad motive)
There is a single word which describes this "thinking", mode of operation, philosophy.... WHAT IS IT??
2007-12-07 01:33:56 · 8 answers · asked by Helga J 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I can't think of the exact word you are looking for, but here's a few offerings:
clandestine
masquerading
double-crssong
hoodwinking
smokescreen
premeditated
devious
manipulative
two-faced
equivocating
deceptive
underhand
oblique
knavish
spurious
ephemeral
wolf-in-sheep's-clothing
beguiling
misleading
fraudulent
foxy
dishonest
fallacious
serpentine
insiduous
imposturous
2007-12-07 01:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by Heaven Leigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is too much to think about on a Friday morning. I just use "ulterior motive".
2007-12-07 01:41:29 · answer #2 · answered by Corey D. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think devious or deceptive are best. Devious has a little more of an evil bent to it. Deceptive is just straightforward in describing the intent but not judging it.
2007-12-07 01:57:32 · answer #3 · answered by hottotrot1_usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know a single word for that action, but when i was a carnie, taking persons' money for a paltry token "prize", we would call that a "mark"
2007-12-07 01:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by nottwoshort 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
conniving? Hmmm. No, that's probably not it. I'll think about it some more and edit my answer.
Surreptitious?
Sub-rosa?
Furtive?
Veiled?
Machiavellian? That's probably the one...
Maybe insidious or guileful.
2007-12-07 01:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by Slappy McStretchNuts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
double cross, cajole.
2007-12-07 01:45:42 · answer #6 · answered by cidyah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bamboozler
2007-12-07 01:51:33 · answer #7 · answered by Mister2-15-2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
conning,swinddle
2007-12-07 01:43:35 · answer #8 · answered by dicovi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋