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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Of course Nixon and his colleagues were immersed in dirty tricks.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
The underlying truth is serious enough: Trump was the victim of one of the most insidious dirty tricks in American political history.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 July 2025
Was this any worse than the dirty tricks of American politics past?
—Keith Gessen, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Nicky, too, covers her tracks by using dirty tricks to dig up dark secrets from Guidry's past, thus compromising the detective's investigation.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 June 2025
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
The underlying truth is serious enough: Trump was the victim of one of the most insidious dirty tricks in American political history.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 July 2025
Was this any worse than the dirty tricks of American politics past?
—Keith Gessen, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Nicky, too, covers her tracks by using dirty tricks to dig up dark secrets from Guidry's past, thus compromising the detective's investigation.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dirty tricks
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“Dirty tricks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirty%20tricks. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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