sharp practice

Speech parts

1. sharp practice - Noun

2. sharp practice - Phrase

Meaning

Commercial activity that is possibly dishonest while not actually being illegal.
The typical political sharp practice of manipulating history to suit the current agenda.

(law) A lawyer's unfairly taking advantage of an opposing party's missteps or inexperience to gain an advantage.

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Synonyms

chicane cheating treachery trickery dishonesty artifice duplicity rip off guile chicanery sophistry fraudulence double dealing knavery dupery
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Antonyms

donation alms oblation subvention offertory apophthegm
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Examples

In business sharp practice sometimes succeeds, but in art honesty is not only the best but the only policy. W. Somerset Maugham

Words in the phrase

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Close letter words and terms

sharp point sharp pointed knife sharp power sharp practices sharp response sharp retort