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gamesmanship

Noun

Meaning

the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game

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Ahh, the chorus of sanctimonious squeals of indignation by all the usual crowd who still haven’t got the memo that the days of one-sided mercantilist profiteering and cynical, flagrant trade gamesmanship are officially over. Source: Internet

It is the firm belief of this newspaper that the CCJ, where the matter has now been brought, will once again cut through the “gamesmanship” of the PNC and Granger, and deliver justice to the long-suffering Guyanese people on Wednesday. Source: Internet

But he was just the same in England and even his long-term friend Lord Harris agreed that "his gamesmanship added to the fund of stories about him". Source: Internet

Mosimane’s attempt to portray key midfielders Jali and Zwane as doubtful, does also have a hint of gamesmanship to it. Source: Internet

Combining suspense, unexpected twists, psychological gamesmanship, and a sinister dystopian future, conjures a world in which one woman is forced to ask, “Can I save my life by staging my death?” Source: Internet

But when death comes crashing into their newly idyllic life, the Kruses find themselves drawn into a web of political gamesmanship and murder. Source: Internet

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