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Machiavellian

adjective

  1. of Machiavelli
  2. of, like, or characterized by the political principles and methods of expediency, craftiness, and duplicity set forth in Machiavelli's book, The Prince; crafty, deceitful, etc.

noun

a follower of such principles and methods

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