"Underhand tactics" refers to dishonest or sneaky methods used to achieve a goal. It implies that someone is behaving in a covert or deceitful manner rather than being open and honest.
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Insurance companies and business that provide workers compensation often
use underhanded tactics in order to save money, and this inevitably harms your family in the process.
I believe a large percent of America can see this and votes for the guy's who do not pull
such underhanded tactics in an attempt to win, which is why the Republicans were so stunned when they got destroyed in the last election.
Family members of Brame showed evidence of how his wife filed false allegations and used other
underhanded tactics in order to win the divorce war.
The company has suspended its CEO, Alexander Nix, who was filmed as part of a Channel 4 investigation giving examples of how the firm could swing elections around the world
with underhand tactics such as smear campaigns and honey traps.
Many of the indiscretions Chuck and his wife, Wendy (Maggie Siff), have committed «for the greater good» were in the name of propelling him to statewide office, where he could theoretically leave
underhanded tactics like evidence - planting and record - falsifying behind.
Maud divides her time between the laundry and her new activist friends, including outspoken pharmacist Edith Ellyn, portrayed with suitable vaunts and conviction from the ever irrefutable Helena Bonham Carter (Fight Club, The King's Speech), she also meets Inspector Arthur Steed (Brendan Gleeson), who heads an investigation to quell the suffragette movement utilizing modernistic surveillance cameras, and
other underhand tactics.
Using spin and
underhand tactics against decent people whose prime motivation is to serve has for too long undermined the confidence of the public in our politics.
The apparel start - up Everlane, for instance, is betting that it can capitalize on consumer backlash to retailers» ever more
vaguely underhanded tactics.
Anticipating underhanded tactics that both sides might use, the regulations ordered that signature gatherers, the district, and its staff should be neutral, so that parents would be «free from harassment, threats and intimidation related to circulation or signature of a petition or to the discouraging of signing a petition or to the revocation of signatures from the petition.»
This exact situation has happened to me my son's father is a narcissistic abuser and hestabbing me in the back and used
underhanded tactics including lying in court to gain custody of my son and I say my son because he told me when he got custody he called just to say who has your son now Lauren.
Cambridge Analytica has suspended its CEO, Alexander Nix, who was filmed as part of a Channel 4 investigation giving examples of how the firm could swing elections around the world
with underhand tactics such as smear campaigns and honey traps.
What we learned: Miz is no stranger to cheating — an assist from Maryse is what won him the belt back in the first place — and he's not above
using underhanded tactics to maintain brand supremacy, either.
And a review of the section reserved for the OPEC secretary general documented that the Saudis were using
underhanded tactics, even within the organization.
Cambridge Analytica is being investigated in the U.S. and U.K. for allegedly using
underhanded tactics to impact the Brexit vote and the 2016 presidential elections.
David Instone - Brewer investigates
the underhand tactics of this biblical hero.
Coutinho will not resort to any «
underhand tactics» in order to force through his dream move, per the newspaper, who are presumably ruling out the prospect of the player going on strike.
The devil is undoubtedly in the detail as Wesselius is critical of the view, often voiced in Brussels, that because the sector is small no player has an incentive to use
underhand tactics.
The negative campaigning and
underhand tactics are disproportionately coming from the Conservatives.
Confiscating and rebranding the definition of a word is merely
an underhanded tactic that has proven to be effective in the political world.
Instead of focusing on his political agenda and the issues, Kern found himself in rearguard battles having to defend the SPÖ's involvement with Silberstein's
underhanded tactics.
However, it did influence an already contentious electoral campaign in Austria, consumed substantial amounts of time and attention, and, forced the incumbent to spent time defending himself and his campaign, failing to distance himself from
the underhanded tactics of his erstwhile campaign advisor Silberstein, while looking somewhat incompetent and ignorant about what was going on.
The underhand tactics employed by the Conservatives were on show throughout the week — not least when they pretended, seemingly with a straight face, that a Miliband speech on Libyan post-war planning involved him calling Cameron a murderer.
These underhand tactics, Balogun confirmed, has created more panic in the system than «the media hysteria» the operators of the scheme usually allude to.
During the election, the Liberal Democrats accused Labour of
underhand tactics for distributing this leaflet.
Many people speculated that the NPP lawmaker insinuated the use of
underhand tactics by the now ruling NPP to win the elections.
«These unscrupulous speculators and
their underhanded tactics have manipulated the marketplace and often leave New Yorkers and visitors alike with little choice but to buy tickets on the secondary market at an exorbitant mark - up,» Cuomo said.
I don't believe in the kind of
underhanded tactics that LaCorte used.»
Negative,
underhanded tactics to win and fulfill his own aspirations.
Unite were accused of
underhand tactics - signing up members to the local Labour Party branch in Falkirk without their knowledge in an effort to rig the vote.
The dogs are transported to Trash Island, while Kobayashi uses a lot of
underhanded tactics to keep his opposition from helping the dogs or changing the citizenry's minds.
Lyric R. Cabral & David Felix Sutcliffe — «(T) error» Here's further evidence, if you needed it, that we're living in a golden age of documentary: «(T) error» is a gripping, sobering, ever - more - timely account of
the underhanded tactics put in place by the FBI following 9/11 in its quest to nip domestic terrorism plots in the bud.
Don't confuse self - imposed limits such as «
no underhanded tactics allowed» as built - in features and challenges of the game itself.
With their friends suggesting a series of
underhanded tactics that fail to get either Brooke or Gary to cave in, the only solution is to become hostile roommates.
Nicky Morgan contended that academies were being stalled by «campaigners» who deployed «
underhand tactics, spread malicious rumours and intimidate parents».
While this does not completely eliminate the problem of e-book piracy, it does offer a wonderful opportunity for honest costumers to continue reading the books they love without resorting to
underhanded tactics.
In fact it's so tempting that some authors have resorted to
underhanded tactics to get there.
Beware of false promises by the collection agency Not surprisingly, some debt collectors use dirty,
underhanded tactics to collect debt.
Fanboys on both sides of this «war» share a lot of filthy,
underhanded tactics, but one thing I never see Xbox fanboys do is claim Sony are paying off reviewers.
Rather than embrace this madness by including game modes that promote dirty driving and
underhanded tactics, these moments are an annoyance in that they only lead to failure in your quest to set the fastest time possible.
The Cold War pits the Russians and Americans against each other in a recreation that feels fantastic with the focus on spies and
underhanded tactics.
A game to reward
my underhand tactics perfected by spending much of my youth on multi-player split screen games.
Stern was clear to reassure China that his call for China to take action was not
an underhanded tactic of trying to suppress China's economic development: