unfair practice

noun

1. unfair competition.

2. any practice in business involving the general public or competing parties that is prohibited by statute and regulated by an appropriate government agency.

Example Sentences

Still, regulated U.S. platforms such as Kalshi have policies banning insider trading, which is seen as an unfair practice by many investors.

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Rights groups, lawyers and opposition leaders have hailed the order as a "turning point" in tackling the unfair practice that has gone unchecked for years.

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They have filed an unfair practice charge against the union.

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In a fired-up message posted to Truth Social on Thursday evening, Donald Trump accuses New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron and New York Attorney General Letitia James of unfair practice in his ongoing civil fraud trial, depicting them as conspirators in a plot to make him look guilty.

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But others didn’t receive the pay they contend the university agreed to—a situation that’s led to dozens of arbitration cases, the arrests of three early-career researchers, and a complaint to the state labor board alleging “unfair practice” by UC officials.

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