"dirty trick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dirty tricks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dirty trick (plural dirty tricks)
  1. An unkind trick. Synonyms: cheap trick Related terms: low blow Translations (an unkind trick): podraz (Czech), svinestreg [common-gender] (Danish), svínagerð [feminine] (Faroese), beistagerð [feminine] (Faroese), skarnsgerð [feminine] (Faroese), illgerð [feminine] (Faroese), ruma temppu (Finnish), coup de pute [masculine] (French), coup bas [masculine] (French), sale coup [masculine] (French), porcallada [feminine] (Galician), falcatruada [feminine] (Galician), Gemeinheit [feminine] (German), Niederträchtigkeit [feminine] (German), świństwo [neuter] (Polish), sacanagem [feminine] (Portuguese), putada [feminine] (Spanish), jugarreta (Spanish), canallada [feminine] (Spanish), cerdada [feminine] (Spanish), mala pasada [feminine] (Spanish), alicengiz oyunu (Turkish), dalavere (Turkish), dek [archaic] (Turkish), desise [archaic] (Turkish), dolap (Turkish), düzen (Turkish), entrika (Turkish), hile (Turkish), malaka [dialectal] (Turkish), oyun (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dirty_trick-en-noun-~2yUA1fl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'an unkind trick': 100 0
  2. (in the plural) Unethical or illegal tactics used against an opponent. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-dirty_trick-en-noun-xSCzevtX

Inflected forms

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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "an unkind trick",
      "word": "podraz"
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      "sense": "an unkind trick",
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      "sense": "an unkind trick",
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      "sense": "an unkind trick",
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      "sense": "an unkind trick",
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      "sense": "an unkind trick",
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      "sense": "an unkind trick",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an unkind trick",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an unkind trick",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "putada"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "sense": "an unkind trick",
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      "word": "entrika"
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