sharp practice
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Commercial activity that is possibly dishonest while not actually being illegal.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A lawyer's unfairly taking advantage of an opposing party's missteps or inexperience to gain an advantage.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The typical political sharp practice of manipulating history to suit the current agenda."
- "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."
- "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."