Dirty Tricks Definition

noun
Covert intelligence operations designed to disrupt the economy or upset the political situation in another country.
American Heritage
Unethical or illegal tactics, specif., such tactics used to discredit, harass, etc. one's political opponents.
Webster's New World
Unethical behavior, especially acts undertaken to destroy the credibility or reputation of an opponent.
American Heritage
Commercial espionage.
American Heritage

Dirty Tricks Sentence Examples

  • Wilson's surprise resignation has been credited to a dirty tricks campaign operated by British intelligence at the behest of the US.

  • Wilson 's surprise resignation has been credited to a dirty tricks campaign operated by British intelligence at the behest of the US.

  • Next year, they will get back together onscreen with Sharon Stone and Jim Broadbent in Dirty Tricks (2008), a feature film about former U.S. President Richard Nixon.

  • Even with a clean bill of health from an independent lab, there are a few dirty tricks to keep an eye open for when choosing a multivitamin.

  • A wide variety of dirty tricks were used by unscrupulous designers, such as embedding the word "SEX" repeatedly in text the same color as the site background.

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