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dirty trick

noun

a malicious and contemptible action
plural
1. underhand activity and machinations in political or governmental affairs
2. ( as modifier )
  dirty-tricks operation

Mrs. Greenough: I cannot give you very full information as to that, Sir; she had one very dirty trick.

Maybe I'm a horrible liar, all right—but I never done anybody a dirty trick like that.

Thereupon we made an appointment for the next Sunday, and the fellow walked off without the least compunction for his dirty trick.

She wasn't, in fact, putting it past her aunt to have some involved dirty trick up her sleeve with this trip to Jontarou.

If they didn't use it against us, they'd use it for any sort of emergency dirty trick.

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