dirty/mean/rotten trick

noun

: an unkind or unfair thing to do

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Yes, that is a dirty trick that Miss Manners has been trying to squelch. — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2024 Dukakis, who denied knowledge of the video, fired Sasso when word leaked that Sasso was the mastermind behind the dirty trick. — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 June 2024 For the first time, the lead consultant to Florida Senate Republicans has admitted to hiring a disgraced ex-senator and approving a dirty trick to recruit a third-party candidate to siphon votes from a South Florida Democrat. — Mario Alejandro Ariza, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024 The use of math to mislead is a familiar dirty trick, but journalist Seife is mad as hell and won’t take it anymore. — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2023 Considering his political zigzagging, assigning longtime congressman Bobby Rush his final grade is no mean trick. — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023 The moment that this type of pairing of AI and a human service provider arises, some pounce on the suggestion and proclaim that this is a dirty rotten trick. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023 But surreptitiously implanting deliberate weaknesses or actively encouraging the public to use codes that have secretly been broken -- especially under the aegis of government authority -- is a dirty trick. — Nadia Heninger, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2013

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