dirty trick
a malicious and contemptible action
(plural)
underhand activity and machinations in political or governmental affairs
(as modifier): dirty-tricks operation
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How to use dirty trick in a sentence
Mrs. Greenough: I cannot give you very full information as to that, Sir; she had one very dirty trick.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousMaybe I'm a horrible liar, all right—but I never done anybody a dirty trick like that.
The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy BowerThereupon we made an appointment for the next Sunday, and the fellow walked off without the least compunction for his dirty trick.
She wasn't, in fact, putting it past her aunt to have some involved dirty trick up her sleeve with this trip to Jontarou.
Novice | James H. SchmitzIf they didn't use it against us, they'd use it for any sort of emergency dirty trick.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
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