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sharp practice

sharp practice noun: commercial activity that is possibly dishonest while not actually being illegal.

Noun

sharp practice (countable and uncountable, plural sharp practices)

  1. Commercial activity that is possibly dishonest while not actually being illegal.
    • The typical political sharp practice of manipulating history to suit the current agenda.
    • This action was later regarded by some as a piece of rather sharp practice, but Bidder claimed that the landowners concerned […] refused to sell the ground for the railway unless the whole of their property was purchased at a suitable profit to themselves.1946 May and June, J. G. Holmes, “The North Woolwich Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 174
  2. A lawyer's unfairly taking advantage of an opposing party's missteps or inexperience to gain an advantage.
    Synonyms:
    bad faith

Synonyms of sharp practice

Forms of sharp practice

pluralsharp practices

Questions about sharp practice

What does sharp practice mean?
Sharp practice means commercial activity that is possibly dishonest while not actually being illegal.
What part of speech is sharp practice?
Sharp practice is a noun.
What is the plural of sharp practice?
The plural of sharp practice is sharp practices.

Words near sharp practice in the dictionary

  1. sharp elbows
  2. sharp end
  3. sharp end of one's tongue
  4. sharp ends
  5. sharp power
  6. sharp practice
  7. sharp practices
  8. sharp rush
  9. sharp rushes
  10. sharp s
  11. sharp s's

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