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dirty tricks
noun
secret tactics that are generally considered to be unfair US, 1963- “Malice, Mormonism, McCarthy-Nixon dirty tricks are written all over it by extreme rightist elements in the Republican Party,” Ritter wrote. — Norman Mailer, The Executioner’s Song, p. 864, 1979
- Reverend Pat Robertson said, “Lee Atwater has used every dirty trick known to mankind.” — Larry Beinhart, American Hero, p. 3, 1993
- A Bush family insider since 1973, when he [Karl Rove] was chairman of the College Republicans National Committee (and taught party youth “dirty tricks” according to the Washington Post), Rove worked for the elder Bush[.] — J.H. Hatfield, Fortunate Son, p. 264, 2001
- Instead of a dirty-tricks squad composed of over-the-hill intelligence agents, it featured a concerted effort by top Reagan officials to circumvent congressional control in order to funnel aid to rightwing Nicaraguan terrorits. — Daniel Lazare, The Velvet Coup, pp. 86–87, 2001
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