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单词 sharp practice
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sharp practice

noun [mass noun]
Dishonest or barely honest dealings: any kind of sharp practice will ruin a barrister’s career...
  • 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.
  • 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.

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
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