DIRTY TRICK

Meaning of DIRTY TRICK in English

(~s)

You describe the actions of an organization or political group as ~s when you think they are using illegal methods to harm the reputation or effectiveness of their rivals.

He claimed he was the victim of a ~s campaign..

N-COUNT: usu pl

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DIRTY TRICK — contemptible or nasty prank; dishonest behavior; plan which is designed with mean intentions
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DIRTY TRICK — noun 1. [ usually pl. ] dishonest, secret and often illegal activity by a political group or other organization that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIRTY TRICK — ( dirty tricks) You describe the actions of an organization or political group as dirty tricks when you think they …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIRTY TRICK — Synonyms and related words : artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, blind, bluff, bosey, catch, chicanery, chouse, curve, curve-ball, design, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIRTY TRICK — {n. phr.} A treacherous action; an unfair act. * /That was a dirty trick John played on Mary when he …
Slang English vocab
DIRTY TRICK — {n. phr.} A treacherous action; an unfair act. * /That was a dirty trick John played on Mary when he …
Словарь английских идиом
DIRTY TRICK — n. phr. A treacherous action; an unfair act. That was a dirty trick John played on Mary when he ran …
American Idioms English vocabulary
DIRTY TRICK — грязная, низкая, мерзкая, подлая шутка подлость
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIRTY TRICK — Грязь
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DIRTY TRICK — грязная, низкая, мерзкая, подлая шутка
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DIRTY TRICK — гадость, подлость
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DIRTY TRICK — гадость, подлость
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DIRTY TRICK — грязная, низкая, мерзкая, подлая шутка
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DIRTY TRICK — грязная, низкая, мерзкая, подлая шутка
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DIRTY TRICK — Токарная группа станков
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DIRTY TRICK — Системный блок
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DIRTY TRICK — Низость
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DIRTY TRICK — Ладья
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DIRTY TRICK — Гадость
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DIRTY TRICK — Вышка
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DIRTY TRICK — Башня
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DIRTY TRICK — n infml He played a dirty trick on me — Он подложил мне свинью I didn't expect they would do a dirty …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
DIRTY TRICK — n infml He played a dirty trick on me — Он подложил мне свинью I didn't expect they would do …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
DIRTY TRICK — dirty trick n infml He played a dirty trick on me Он подложил мне свинью I didn't expect they would …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
DIRTY TRICK — He played a dirty trick on me — Он подложил мне свинью I didn't expect they would do a dirty …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
DIRTY TRICK — грязная, низкая, мерзкая, подлая шутка подлость
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TRICK — I. ˈtrik noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English trik, from Old North French trique, from trikier to trick, cheat, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRICK — (a.) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick …
Английский словарь Webster
TRICK — — tricker , n. — trickingly , adv. /trik/ , n. 1. a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIRTY — — dirtily , adv. — dirtiness , n. /derr"tee/ , adj., dirtier, dirtiest , v. , dirtied, dirtying , adv. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRICK — I. ˈtrik noun Etymology: Middle English trikke, from Anglo-French * trik, from trikier to deceive, cheat, from Vulgar Latin * …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIRTY — I. ˈdər-tē adjective ( dirt·i·er ; -est ) Date: 14th century 1. a. : not clean or pure dirty clothes …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRICK — adj a toy; a trifle; a plaything. 2. trick ·adj a knot, braid, or plait of hair. 3. trick ·adj …
Webster English vocab
DIRTY — superl sullied; clouded; applied to color. 2. dirty ·superl sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather. 3. dirty ·superl sordid; …
Webster English vocab
TRICK — [trick] n [ME trik, fr. ONF trique, fr. trikier to deceive, cheat, fr. (assumed) VL triccare, alter. of L tricari …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIRTY — [dirty] adj dirt.i.er ; -est (14c) 1 a: not clean or pure "~ clothes" b: likely to befoul or defile …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIRTY — dirt|y BrE AmE ˈdɜːt |i AmE ˈdɝːt̬ |i ▷ dirt|ied id ▷ dirt|ier i‿ə AmE i‿ ə r ▷ dirt|ies …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TRICK — / trɪk; NAmE / noun , verb , adjective ■ noun STH TO CHEAT SB 1. something that you do …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRICK — n. & v. --n. 1 an action or scheme undertaken to fool, outwit, or deceive. 2 an optical or other …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIRTY — adj., adv., & v. --adj. (dirtier, dirtiest) 1 soiled, unclean. 2 causing one to become dirty (a dirty job). 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TRICK — n. & v. n. 1 an action or scheme undertaken to fool, outwit, or deceive. 2 an optical or other …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIRTY — adj., adv., & v. adj. (dirtier, dirtiest) 1 soiled, unclean. 2 causing one to become dirty (a dirty job). 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TRICK — n. & v. --n. 1. an action or scheme undertaken to fool, outwit, or deceive. 2 an optical or other …
Oxford English vocab
DIRTY — adj., adv., & v. --adj. (dirtier, dirtiest) 1. soiled, unclean. 2 causing one to become dirty (a dirty job). 3 …
Oxford English vocab
TRICK — ( tricks, tricking, tricked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A trick …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TRICK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES cheap trick (= unkind trick ) ▪ It was nothing but a cheap trick …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIRTY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIRTY — [adverb] [not gradable](figurative informal) Dez likes football but he plays dirty (= unfairly).(UK and ANZ slang) Dirty great/big means extremely …
Cambridge English vocab
TRICK — Synonyms and related words : ability, accomplishment, ace, action, ad hoc measure, affectation, airy nothing, alibi, anchor watch, answer, antic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRICK — n. trick off trick out trick up
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TRICK — I. noun 1. an indirect, ingenious, and often cunning means to gain an end used every trick in the bag …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRICK — I. noun 1 deception ADJECTIVE ▪ cheap , cruel , dirty , mean , nasty ▪ The press accused the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TRICK — See ↑ MAGIC 3, ↑ TRICK/DECEIVE 1,3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ do the job/do the trick • ↑ play a trick/joke
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
TRICK — n. 25B6; noun he's capable of any mean trick : STRATAGEM, ploy, ruse, scheme, device, manoeuvre, contrivance, machination, artifice, wile, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIRTY — adj. 25B6; adjective a dirty sweatshirt 007C; dirty water : SOILED, grimy, grubby, filthy, mucky, stained, unwashed, greasy, smeared, smeary, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRICK — n. 1 ruse, artifice, device, stratagem, wile, deception, manoeuvre, deceit, fraud, hoax, imposture, intrigue, machination, conspiracy, subterfuge, dodge, confidence trick, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DIRTY — adj. 1 foul, unclean, befouled, soiled, begrimed, sooty, grimy, filthy, mucky, besmeared, besmirched, befouled, polluted, squalid, sullied, stained, spotted, smudged, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

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