"sharp practice" meaning in English

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      "examples": [
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          "text": "The typical political sharp practice of manipulating history to suit the current agenda.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "ref": "1946 May and June, J. G. Holmes, “The North Woolwich Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 174",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "2007 August 29, letters to the editor, “More reports from the check-in desk”, in The Guardian,\nIf this is not actually illegal, it certainly appears to be a sharp practice."
        }
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        "Commercial activity that is possibly dishonest while not actually being illegal."
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          "_dis1": "69 31",
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      "glosses": [
        "A lawyer's unfairly taking advantage of an opposing party's missteps or inexperience to gain an advantage."
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        "(law) A lawyer's unfairly taking advantage of an opposing party's missteps or inexperience to gain an advantage."
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        {
          "text": "The typical political sharp practice of manipulating history to suit the current agenda.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1946 May and June, J. G. Holmes, “The North Woolwich Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 174",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
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          "text": "2007 August 29, letters to the editor, “More reports from the check-in desk”, in The Guardian,\nIf this is not actually illegal, it certainly appears to be a sharp practice."
        }
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        "Commercial activity that is possibly dishonest while not actually being illegal."
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        "(law) A lawyer's unfairly taking advantage of an opposing party's missteps or inexperience to gain an advantage."
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