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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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 Whereas Parnas got swept up in conspiracy theories and political dirty tricks and disinformation, Biden wrote his memoirs about his battle with addiction, which led him to thank Parnas during their meeting for making amends as if working a 12-step program. —

Philip Elliott, TIME, 7 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dirty tricks