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George Orwell's '1984' frequently tops surveys of our greatest books: it's not a celebration of poetic language. It's decidedly anti-literary, a masterpiece of personal and political narrative sequence. And its subject matter is crucial, because what '1984' shows is that language can be a dirty trick.
Graham Joyce

Meaning of "dirty trick" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DIRTY TRICK

dirty trick play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIRTY TRICK

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Dirty trick is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIRTY TRICK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dirty tricks

Dirty tricks are unethical, duplicitous, slanderous or illegal tactics employed to destroy or diminish the effectiveness of political or business opponents. The term "dirty trick" can also be used to refer to an underhanded technique to get ahead of an opponent.

Definition of dirty trick in the English dictionary

The definition of dirty trick in the dictionary is a malicious and contemptible action. Other definition of dirty trick is underhand activity and machinations in political or governmental affairs.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIRTY TRICK

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dirties
dirtiest
dirtily
dirtiness
dirty
dirty bomb
dirty dog
dirty linen
dirty look
dirty old man
dirty pool
dirty realism
dirty realist
dirty tricks
dirty war
dirty weekend
dirty word
dirty work
dirty-minded

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIRTY TRICK

brick
can´t take a trick
card trick
con trick
confidence trick
Croagh Patrick
do the trick
Downpatrick
Fitzpatrick
hat-trick
Indian rope-trick
Kirkpatrick
out-trick
party trick
Patrick
quick trick
rope trick
strick
three-card trick
trick
turn a trick

Synonyms and antonyms of dirty trick in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dirty trick» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIRTY TRICK

Find out the translation of dirty trick to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dirty trick from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dirty trick» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

非法手段
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enredo
570 millions of speakers

English

dirty trick
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गंदी चाल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خدعة قذرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пакость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

golpe baixo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কূটচাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coup bas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Helah kotor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gemeiner Trick
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

卑劣な手段
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비열한 계략
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Trick kotor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lừa bẩn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழுக்கு தந்திரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गलिच्छ युक्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kirli hile
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diffamazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świństwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

капость
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

truc murdar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βρώμικο κόλπο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vuil truuk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smutsiga trick
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dirty trick
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dirty trick

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRTY TRICK»

The term «dirty trick» is regularly used and occupies the 71.288 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRTY TRICK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dirty trick

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QUOTES WITH «DIRTY TRICK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dirty trick.
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Graham Joyce
George Orwell's '1984' frequently tops surveys of our greatest books: it's not a celebration of poetic language. It's decidedly anti-literary, a masterpiece of personal and political narrative sequence. And its subject matter is crucial, because what '1984' shows is that language can be a dirty trick.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIRTY TRICK»

Discover the use of dirty trick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dirty trick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Golf Dirty Tricks
Golf Dirty Tricks presents 50 abominable and amusing methods that show golfers how to con their way through every golfing campaign. The book comes packaged with its own swindling assistance: a set of the infamous Flat-Top Tees.
Jim Becker, Andy Mayer, Rick Wolff, 1994
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Dirty Trick (A Perfectly Matched Novel)
Christine Bell. you can let me know what you think.” Trick had met Alec when he started on the force. They'd hit it off right away, despite the fact that Alec was fifteen yearsTrick's senior. He worked in forensic facial reconstruction and ...
Christine Bell, 2013
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21 Dirty Tricks at Work: How to Beat the Game of Office Politics
How to Beat the Game of Office Politics Mike Phipps, Colin Gautrey. Chapter Three: Commuting to (NoIWhere? DIRTY TRICK NO. 7: INDIRECTLY YOURS DIRTY TRICK NO. 8: JAM TOMORROW DIRTY TRICK NO. 9: GUARDIAN ANGEL ...
Mike Phipps, Colin Gautrey, 2013
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Spite, Malice & Revenge: An A-Z Collection of Every Dirty ...
Describes pranks, tricks, and practical jokes that can be used to obtain revenge
M. Nelson Chunder, George Hayduke, 1988
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Cognitive Therapy Techniques for Children and Adolescents: ...
We have simplified the naming of the distortion procedure as A Dozen Dirty Tricks Your Mind Plays on You and the accompanying Spot the Dirty Trick Diary. A Dozen Dirty Tricks Your Mind Plays on You is a handout you can give to children ...
Robert D. Friedberg, Jessica M. McClure, Jolene Hillwig Garcia, 2009
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365 Powerful Ways to Influence
Conference Room Power (Dirty Trick 36, chapter 16) Confront TOP's Dirty Tricks ( Assertive Tactic 52, a confrontation tactic, chapter 6) Contented Commitment ( Cooperative Tactic 2, chapter 15) Contract Ready to Sign (Assertive Tactic 115, ...
Don Hendon
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The Thinker's Guide to Fallacies: The Art of Mental Trickery ...
Dirty Trick # 33 Rewrite History (Have It Your Way) © 2006 Foundation for Critical Thinking © 2006 Foundation for Critical Thinking www.criticalthinking.org www. criticalthinking.org 32 The Thinker's Guide to Fallacies: The Art of Mental Trickery  ...
Richard Paul, Linda Elder, 2006
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Fifty Years Among the New Words: A Dictionary of Neologisms ...
The one containing the phrase dirty trick is quoted below. The other two (1764 and 1888) contain the phrnse dirty work in reference to politics. It is worth noting that even though the OED's sense 1 of trick survives to modern times, its sense 2 is ...
John Algeo, 1993
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Dirty Marketing Playbook: How The Big Boys Make The Big ...
And this dirty trick exploits that desire to the max! Ever been to a web site that has a little window pop up either when you first enter the page or leave it? Yes, you probably know these are pop up windows. Who doesn't? But the might of the trick  ...
Kenneth Parker
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Action!: Nothing Happens Until Something Moves
Dirty Trick #A: Feigning indignation When Trapped Some people are world-class actors when it comes to feigning indignation in situations where they realize they' ve been caught in a lie, misstatement, or worse. I have a simple rule when it ...
Robert Ringer, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIRTY TRICK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dirty trick is used in the context of the following news items.
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Coalition Suffers First Loss Due to Opposition's Dirty Trick |
The coalition suffered its first defeat today (Wednesday) after legislation proposed by Yesh Atid MK Karin Elharar passed a preliminary reading ... «JP Updates, Jul 15»
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Budget 2015: Tories poised to relax hunting ban without new …
It is completely dishonest, as all the evidence shows foxes represent no danger to lambs. It's just a dirty trick,” said Penny Little, an independent ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Why Aren't We Getting Enough Sleep? - Esquire
And since we're surrounded by electronic devices emitting "blue light," our circadian systems equate them with daylight, playing a dirty trick on ... «Esquire.com, Jul 15»
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Low turnout as primary voters head to polls for Schock seat | The …
A third Breitbart story reported that the “typical Illinois GOP insider dirty trick squad” was mounting “a whisper campaign to damage Flynn's ... «The Bell Jar, Jul 15»
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HUFFPOST HILL - Rope And Change
A third Breitbart story reported that the 'typical Illinois GOP insider dirty trick squad” was mounting “a whisper campaign to damage Flynn's ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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How loud is allowed?
... Authority, says there's likely a technical explanation for the change, rather than “an underhanded, dirty trick,” as Nicozisis calls it. Either way ... «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»
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Will The Greek Referendum Spike Gold?
A dirty trick. We have a government in place that wants to address the problem once and for all, in order that the country it represents can start ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
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Cancer: how to beat the 'honey trap' it sets for your immune cells
Their ground-breaking work raises, of course, the important question of whether human cancer cells pull off the same dirty trick. 3D melanoma ... «BizNews, Jul 15»
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How cancer abducts your immune cells – and what we can do about it
Their ground-breaking work raises, of course, the important question of whether human cancer cells pull off the same dirty trick. It has already ... «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»
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Billboard group struggles with buffer from homes
“That's kind of a dirty trick, I think,” he said. He also said the task force's recommendations need to take into consideration inevitable growth in ... «Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Jul 15»

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