dirty trick - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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  • 1.1 Noun
    * 1.1.1 Synonyms
    * 1.1.2 Derived terms
    * 1.1.3 Translations
    * 1.1.4 See also

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dirty trick (plural dirty tricks)

1. An unkind trick.
   • 2001, Bob Dylan, “Sugar Baby”, in Love and Theft:
     Every moment of existence seems like some dirty trick / Happiness can come suddenly and leave just as quick
2. (in the plural) Unethical or illegal tactics used against an opponent.

• cheap trick
• dirty trick vase

an unkind trick

• Catalan: putada (ca) f

• Czech: podraz (cs)

• Danish: svinestreg c

• Faroese: svínagerð f, beistagerð f, skarnsgerð f, illgerð f

• Finnish: ruma temppu

• French: coup de pute (fr) m, coup bas (fr) m, sale coup m

• Galician: porcallada f, falcatruada f

• German: Gemeinheit (de) f, Niederträchtigkeit f

• Italian: bastardata (it) f, rogna (it) f

• Polish: świństwo (pl) n

• Portuguese: sacanagem (pt) f

• Spanish: putada (es) f, jugarreta (es), canallada f, cerdada f, mala pasada f

• Turkish: alicengiz oyunu (tr), dalavere (tr), dek (tr) (archaic), desise (tr) (archaic), dolap (tr), düzen (tr), entrika (tr), hile (tr), malaka (dialectal), oyun (tr)

• low blow