dirty trick
Britishnoun
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a malicious and contemptible action
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(plural)
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underhand activity and machinations in political or governmental affairs
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( as modifier )
dirty-tricks operation
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Example Sentences
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Not everything that blows up during the Oscars race is down to dirty tricks, he believes.
From BBC
He was never quite sure who’d played that dirty trick on him in the first place.
From Literature
Perhaps the masters of the dark arts, dirty tricks or marginal gains, depending on how you view such things, were Cambridge United in the early 1990s.
From BBC
Author Fabcaro and illustrator Didier Conrad have opted for a classic storytelling blend of fights, dirty tricks, local specialities -- and an encounter with Caesar himself.
From Barron's
However, Musk himself has mocked the comparisons, stating on X: “Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired.”
From Salon
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