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But surreptitiously implanting deliberate weaknesses or actively encouraging the public to use codes that have secretly been broken -- especially under the aegis of government authority -- is a dirty trick.
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Nadia Heninger, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2013
For the first time, the lead consultant to Florida Senate Republicans has admitted to hiring a disgraced ex-senator and approving a dirty trick to recruit a third-party candidate to siphon votes from a South Florida Democrat.
—Mario Alejandro Ariza, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
The use of math to mislead is a familiar dirty trick, but journalist Seife is mad as hell and won’t take it anymore.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2023
Considering his political zigzagging, assigning longtime congressman Bobby Rush his final grade is no mean trick.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
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Nadia Heninger, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2013
For the first time, the lead consultant to Florida Senate Republicans has admitted to hiring a disgraced ex-senator and approving a dirty trick to recruit a third-party candidate to siphon votes from a South Florida Democrat.
—Mario Alejandro Ariza, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
The use of math to mislead is a familiar dirty trick, but journalist Seife is mad as hell and won’t take it anymore.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2023
Considering his political zigzagging, assigning longtime congressman Bobby Rush his final grade is no mean trick.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
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“Dirty/mean/rotten trick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirty%2Fmean%2Frotten%20trick. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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