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Grammar : Noun



Definition of sharp practice

  • As in swindle : noun cheating, stealing
  • As in trickery : noun deception, joke
  • As in chicanery : noun deception, trickery
  • As in indirection : noun dishonesty
  • As in shadiness : noun indirection
  • As in shiftiness : noun indirection
  • As in slyness : noun indirection
  • As in sneakiness : noun indirection
  • As in trickiness : noun indirection
  • As in underhandedness : noun indirection
  • As in dishonesty : noun lying; unwillingness to tell the truth
  • As in double-dealing : noun betrayal, cheating
  • As in fraud : noun trickery, deception
  • As in guile : noun slyness, cleverness
  • As in hanky-panky : noun monkey business
Example sentences :
  • If you have been given to sharp practice or dishonesty, woe be unto you when you fall.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • It's the rottenest kind of sharp practice, but it won't do any good.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • He would vouch for that of which he was doubtful and receive the price of sharp practice.
  • Extract from : « The Yellow God » by H. Rider Haggard
  • That is sharp practice, Jason Philip Schimmelweis, sharp practice, we say.
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • They had retired early, for there was to be sharp practice the next day.
  • Extract from : « The Eight-Oared Victors » by Lester Chadwick
  • I bin through a lot, but that's as sharp practice as I want.
  • Extract from : « Northern Lights, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • That is better than to give up, or to win by cheating or sharp practice.
  • Extract from : « Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know » by Julia Ellen Rogers
  • Sharp practice, mother; and all because poor Judy is pretty.
  • Extract from : « The Star-Gazers » by George Manville Fenn
  • We are regarded as interlopers who have been guilty of sharp practice.
  • Extract from : « The Squire's Daughter » by Silas K(itto) Hocking
  • This may be characterized as rather a sharp practice, and one which seldom, if ever, occurs.
  • Extract from : « Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford » by Benjamin C. Howard

Synonyms for sharp practice

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