dirty tricks
plural noun
: underhanded stratagems for obtaining secret information about or sabotaging an enemy or for discrediting an opponent (as in politics)
dirty trickster
noun
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The voting period for the Academy Awards will end on Feb. 18, and Gascón implied that the timing of the revelations was no accident, alluding to a dirty tricks campaign against her.
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Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2025
As with any election, however, there are dirty tricks afoot.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
False information and other dirty tricks aimed at discouraging people from going to the polls is nothing new.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
Transactional relationships abound, along with shifting alliances, dirty tricks and lusty proclivities against a backdrop of new money and old.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
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Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2025
As with any election, however, there are dirty tricks afoot.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
False information and other dirty tricks aimed at discouraging people from going to the polls is nothing new.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
Transactional relationships abound, along with shifting alliances, dirty tricks and lusty proclivities against a backdrop of new money and old.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Dirty tricks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirty%20tricks. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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