dirty tricks
plural noun
: underhanded stratagems for obtaining secret information about or sabotaging an enemy or for discrediting an opponent (as in politics)
dirty trickster
noun
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While the food looked plenty unappetizing, Art’s dirty tricks elevate the stakes between himself and Tashi, proving that eating your vegetables doesn’t always have to be boring.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024
These politicos-in-training were learning just how miraculous, how malleable and how broken our 21st century system for policy-making is, courtesy of first-hand lessons in civic duty and dirty tricks.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024
Those who doubt that Washington will resort to dirty tricks have short memories and limited imaginations.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
On today's The Excerpt podcast, Nikki Haley is bracing for home-state dirty tricks in South Carolina.
—USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024
These politicos-in-training were learning just how miraculous, how malleable and how broken our 21st century system for policy-making is, courtesy of first-hand lessons in civic duty and dirty tricks.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024
Those who doubt that Washington will resort to dirty tricks have short memories and limited imaginations.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
On today's The Excerpt podcast, Nikki Haley is bracing for home-state dirty tricks in South Carolina.
—USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
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“Dirty tricks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirty%20tricks. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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