sharp practice in English

noun
1
dishonest or barely honest dealings.
He has been pinned by the dishonesty and sharp practice apparently rife in the Queensland branch.

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1. This sale sounds like sharp practice.

2. He accused some solicitors of sharp practice.

3. 11 He accused some solicitors of sharp practice.

4. There has been some sharp practice over his contract.

5. He's been guilty of sharp practice in the past.

6. He acquired an immense fortune by a very sharp practice.

7. Sharp practice is another concern for American guardians of the law.

8. The firm had to face some sharp practice from competing companies.

9. The building industry brought in rules to protect customers from sharp practice.

10. Any kind of sharp practice or dishonest dealing will infallibly ruin his career.

11. But trams also had to face some sharp practice from competing bus companies.

12. We couldn't discover anything specific, but there was definitely some sharp practice going on.

13. Firms may offer special deals for valid reasons such as boosting sales sharp practice.

14. This sale sounds like sharp practice to me and I want nothing to do with it.

15. In a whirl of transactions, the risk of sharp practice, including insider dealing, may well grow.

16. His grandfather had made a fortune out of a piece of commercial sharp practice in the 19th century.

17. Chiseler A person who wins by deception, by sharp practice, is a cheat and generally a low-life swindler

18. Recognising sharp practice in their dealers from the outset, they would be less likely to blame them for huge losses.

19. At times these adjustments verge on sharp practice enabled by the fact that ingredients do not have to be revealed.

20. In it he mentions several examples of sharp practice in the laboratory, one or two of which are new to me.