| 单词 | dirty tricks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdirty tricks dirty tricks n. originally U.S. covert intelligence operations, esp. those carried out by the Central Intelligence Agency (the plans division of which was nicknamed the ‘department of dirty tricks’); now also applied to any underhand political activity designed to discredit an opponent; frequently attributive; cf. sense A. 2b above. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > discreditable political activity > [noun] > to discredit opponent dirty tricks1963 dirty-trickery1974 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police > specific American > activities of dirty tricks1963 1963 J. Joesten They call it Intelligence v. 47 In the ‘Department of Dirty Tricks’,..our Intelligencers behave like babes in the wood. 1967 Time 24 Feb. 16/3 Deputy to the chief of the plans division, the so-called ‘dirty tricks’ department. 1976 Economist 16 Oct. 56/2 As for Watergate, Mr Weicker's record—and his strong stand against dirty tricks—should help him with many voters. 1984 Listener 30 Aug. 34/1 They were some of the earliest exponents of dirty tricks and destabilisation. < as lemmas |
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