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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They asked contributors to “use every dirty trick you know to make your problems as brutal as possible,” says Elliot Glazer, a mathematician at Epoch AI who led the benchmark study.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024
Cutting me off at the pass is a dirty trick.
From The Verge • Sep. 17, 2021
Mr. Bush considered that a dirty trick by Mr. Walsh to influence the election and indeed he was defeated days later.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2020
The major on-demand players have been equally fractious in their dealings with each other, jousting for workers and customers and employing the occasional dirty trick to find an edge.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2019
“That was a dirty trick you played on me,” he said.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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