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Definition of sharp practice in English: sharp practicenoun mass nounDishonest or barely honest dealings. any kind of sharp practice will ruin a barrister's career Example sentencesExamples - He has been pinned by the dishonesty and sharp practice apparently rife in the Queensland branch.
- The Yanks lecture the world on good election process, yet let ballot design, voting procedure and counting power be controlled by the equivalent of local councils - a recipe for electoral corruption and sharp practice.
- What these people did wasn't sharp practice, it was criminal.
- Politicians should have more regard for the complexity they conjure up with each new wave of legislation, which creates a breeding ground for fraud and sharp practice.
- A requirement of form deters sharp practice and fraud whilst encouraging the desirable elements of a seriously intended, voluntary agreement.
Synonyms trickery, chicanery, deception, deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, dishonesty, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, subterfuge, fraud, fraudulence, legerdemain, sophistry, skulduggery, swindling, cheating, duping, hoodwinking deviousness, guile, intrigue, craft, craftiness, artfulness, slyness, wiles misleading talk informal crookedness, monkey business, funny business, hanky-panky, shenanigans, flimflam British informal jiggery-pokery North American informal monkeyshines Irish informal codology archaic management, knavery
Definition of sharp practice in US English: sharp practicenounSHärp ˈpraktəs Dishonest or barely honest dealings. any kind of sharp practice will ruin a barrister's career Example sentencesExamples - He has been pinned by the dishonesty and sharp practice apparently rife in the Queensland branch.
- What these people did wasn't sharp practice, it was criminal.
- Politicians should have more regard for the complexity they conjure up with each new wave of legislation, which creates a breeding ground for fraud and sharp practice.
- The Yanks lecture the world on good election process, yet let ballot design, voting procedure and counting power be controlled by the equivalent of local councils - a recipe for electoral corruption and sharp practice.
- A requirement of form deters sharp practice and fraud whilst encouraging the desirable elements of a seriously intended, voluntary agreement.
Synonyms trickery, chicanery, deception, deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, dishonesty, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, subterfuge, fraud, fraudulence, legerdemain, sophistry, skulduggery, swindling, cheating, duping, hoodwinking
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