dirty trick
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdirtyandtrick
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dirty
adjective
uk/ˈdɜː.ti/us/ˈdɝː.t̬i/
marked with dirt, mud, etc., or containing something such as pollution ...
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trick
noun[C]
uk/trɪk/us/trɪk/
an action that is intended to deceive, either as a way of cheating someone, or as a joke or form ...
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(Definition ofdirtyandtrickfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Adirtytrickhas been used to keep us out of the codecision procedure.
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I believe that is adirtytrickon the occupiers of dwelling-houses.
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I think that that is something worthy of being described as adirtytrick.
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Naturally you must not go and do adirtytricklike devaluing behind their backs.
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I hate to disappoint him, but there is nodirtytrickor sleight of hand.
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I think that was rather adirtytrick.
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What a pity it should now be made to play thisdirtytrick!
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If that is not adirtytrick, what is?
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To him is committed the decision—adirtytrick.
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It is a filthy,dirtytrick.
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They feel that society is playing adirtytrickon them, and that could colour their whole view of life and society.
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It is adirtytrick.
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Labour used everydirtytrickin the book to try to break the spirit of that co-operative.
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In my case, the press ruthlessly resorted to everydirtytrickin the book to justify the story.
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At any rate, they should get no subsidy for playing such adirtytrickon the seamen.
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But someone in that debate suggested that it was possible to carry out adirtytrickby inserting a couple of lines in a small innocent country newspaper.
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If we all believed that companies which repossess would not play adirtytrickit would be all right, but the law is wide open.
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They have been done adirtytrick.
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The private individual who feels himself aggrieved, thinks adirtytrickhas been played upon him and brings an action, has now got to prove it.
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Reports of money, intimidation and dirty tricks were the norm.
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