English-French translations for underhand

sournois- Monsieur le Président, il s’agit d’un rapport très important, qui a pourtant bien failli s’enliser à cause des jeux politiques sournois de la droite. Mr President, this is a very important report, which very nearly foundered on account of underhand political games on the part of the Right. Le vote sournois auquel nous avons assisté aujourd'hui de la part des libéraux, des communistes et de certains socialistes durant l'adoption de notre budget a empêché de poser une telle garantie. The underhand voting we have seen today from liberals, communists and some socialists in the adoption of our budget has blocked such an assurance.

secret; clandestine
thrown with the hand brought forward and up from below
with an underhand movement
To toss or lob with an underhand movement
To trick, deceive or gull
To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore
The lower of two hands, the hand under the work

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