Meanings
nounFaustian deal (plural Faustian deals)
plural Faustian deals
- idiomaticA Faustian bargain.
Ali Abbasi’s feature — which has just been announced as part of the 2024 Cannes main competition — charts Trump’s ascent to power through what is described as a “Faustian deal” with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn (seen in the still being portrayed by Jeremy Strong).
2024 April 11, Alex Ritman, “Sebastian Stan Transforms Into Young Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’ First Look”, in Variety
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