nefarious activities
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnefariousandactivity
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nefarious
adjective
uk/nəˈfeə.ri.əs/us/nəˈfer.i.əs/
(especially of activities) ...
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activity
noun
uk/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofnefariousandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Should it necessarily be regarded as anefariousactivityinvolving trying to make money?
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I am inclined to believe that sometimes they suspect us of embarking on these water schemes as a cloak for somenefariousactivity!
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I do not believe that any such nefarious activities would ever be indulged in by manufacturers of cars in this country.
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What other nefarious activities have they been up to?
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The nefarious activities of the state security system have not yet been totally unravelled.
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I should have thought that the chances of nefarious activities were just as great in rural areas as in cities.
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In many instances they will be old appliances, which do not readily lend themselves to modification by the manufacturers, and nefarious activities might develop.
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He even used strange phrases such as "their nefarious activities".
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It is obvious that a criminal cannot pursue his nefarious activities while in prison.
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The alteration in the due diligence clause will enable these traders to continue, perhaps more easily, their nefarious activities.
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Why should we always side with the people who succeed in these nefarious activities?
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That would be an appropriately direct and uncomfortable reminder to them that the community takes a continuing interest in their nefarious activities.
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I had better not make too many suggestions or those who are criminally disposed will, no doubt, be prompted to exercise their nefarious activities.
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It will not engage in any nefarious activities at all.
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The decline is not due to the nefarious activities of the cold-storage industry or to businesses building warehouses for the breaking up of cargoes inland.
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Open spaces and environmental works in that area are havens for hooligans, drinkers and glue sniffers, who practise their nefarious activities and then go forth to terrorise the neighbourhood.
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They will be welcomed by the public, who want tough action to prevent drug dealers and others who prey on human weakness and misery from profiting from their nefarious activities.
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Many such people wantonly pull down buildings because they know that the fine will be a mere fleabite and that the gains from their nefarious activities are considerable.
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Ashok, on the other hand, is pally with the local goons and uses his brains to assist them in their nefarious activities.
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