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Dirty tricks — are unethical, duplicitous, slanderous or illegal tactics employed to destroy or diminish the effectiveness of political or business opponents. The term dirty trick can also be used to refer to an underhanded technique to get ahead of an opponent … Wikipedia
Dirty Tricks — est un film américain réalisé par Ryan Murphy, dont la sortie est prévue en 2010. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 L … Wikipédia en Français
dirty tricks — dirty trickery /derr tee trik euh ree/, n. dirty tricks, adj. dirty trickster /derr tee trik steuhr/, n. Informal. 1. Politics. unethical or illegal campaign practices or pranks intended to disrupt or sabotage the campaigns of opposing candidates … Universalium
dirty tricks — [n] dishonest practices dirty pool*, funny business*, malicious tactics, monkey business*, shady business, skullduggery, unethical behavior; concepts 59,633,657 … New thesaurus
dirty tricks — noun plural dishonest ways of defeating or harming an opponent, especially in politics … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dirty tricks — ☆ dirty tricks n. Informal unethical or illegal tactics, specif., such tactics used to discredit, harass, etc. one s political opponents … English World dictionary
dirty tricks — noun underhand commercial or political behavior designed to discredit an opponent • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑behavior, ↑behaviour, ↑conduct, ↑doings * * * dirty trickery … Useful english dictionary
dirty tricks — noun (plural) secret, dishonest, and often criminal activities by a government, political group, or company, for example spreading false information about their competitors or opponents: dirty tricks campaign (=a planned series of dirty tricks):… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Dirty tricks — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Dirty tricks signifie sales ruses en anglais. C est un terme employé dans le langage politique aux États Unis : voir Liste d expressions politiques… … Wikipédia en Français
dirty tricks — /dɜti ˈtrɪks/ (say dertee triks) plural noun 1. underhand activities designed to discredit or smear a political opponent: *Labor frontbencher Wayne Swan has accused the Government of lowering the tone of debate and of dirty tricks . –abc online,… …
