deceptive practice
1deceptive — de·cep·tive /di sep tiv/ adj: tending or having capacity to deceive deceptive trade practices compare fraudulent, misleading Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
2deceptive sales practices — The Federal Trade Commission and statutes in most states make deceptive sales practices unlawful. Historically, an act was deceptive if it had any tendency to deceive a nontrivial number of customers. A more recent reformulation of the test… …
3deceptive sales practices — The Federal Trade Commission and statutes in most states make deceptive sales practices unlawful. Historically, an act was deceptive if it had any tendency to deceive a nontrivial number of customers. A more recent reformulation of the test… …
4deceptive — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ highly, very ▪ dangerously PHRASES ▪ can be deceptive …
5practice — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 actual doing of sth VERB + PRACTICE ▪ put sth into ▪ I can t wait to put what I ve learned into practice. PREPOSITION ▪ in practice ▪ …
6deceptive marketing — /dəsɛptɪv ˈmakətɪŋ/ (say duhseptiv mahkuhting) noun a marketing practice which falsely represents goods or services in some way, as by implying that they are of a particular standard, quality, grade, or value when they are not, or that they are… …
7Unfair Trade Practice — Using various deceptive, fraudulent or unethical methods to obtain business. Unfair trade practices include misrepresentation, false advertising, tied selling and other acts that are declared unlawful by statute. It can also be referred to as… …
8The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism — The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, by Emmanuel Goldstein, is the fictional book that is a thematic and plot element integral to the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty Four (1949), by George Orwell. In the totalitarian society of… …
9unfair trade practice — n: any of various deceptive, fraudulent, or otherwise injurious (as to a consumer) practices or acts that are declared unlawful by statute (as a consumer protection act) or recognized as actionable at common law Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… …
10Overdraft — I warn you, Sir! The discourtesy of this bank is beyond all limits. One word more and I I withdraw my overdraft! Cartoon from Punch Magazine Vol. 152, June 27, 1917 An overdraft occurs when money is withdrawn from a bank account and the… …
