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sharp practice en · NOUN

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1. (countable, uncountable) Commercial activity that is possibly dishonest while not actually being illegal.
   • 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:
   • The typical political sharp practice of manipulating history to suit the current agenda.
   • 2007 August 29, letters to the editor, “More reports from the check-in desk”, in The Guardian, If this is not actually illegal, it certainly appears to be a sharp practice.
2. (countable, uncountable) A lawyer's unfairly taking advantage of an opposing party's missteps or inexperience to gain an advantage.

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bad faith