dirty game
Contest with cheating
A dirty game is an activity conducted through underhanded, dishonest, or morally questionable tactics.
Politics is often called a dirty game, as is any competitive arena where manipulation and deception prevail: Corporate espionage is a dirty game.
The phrase implies that success requires compromising one's ethics.
- gaslightingManipulation causing self-doubt
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- below the beltUnfair and unsportsmanlike
- blackmailCoercion through damaging threats
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
behind closed doors · fraud · rigging · stacking the deck · foul play · distrust · coercion · favoritism · dishonesty · backstabbing · double cross · propaganda · misinformation · collusion · duplicity · smear campaign · scheming · power play
dirty gamefair play
Honorable conduct in games
clean game · fair game · level playing field · sportsmanship · square deal
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