Sentence examples for a deceptive tactic from inspiring English sources

In this context, the reforms are merely a deceptive tactic to shield the government from growing criticism of its unconscionable practices.

Now that the WGA strike has been called for Monday, it's important to get some practice dealing with disinformation, a deceptive tactic meant to flummox the bewildered.

The images showed the Bushmen as stand ins for ancestors, which might have made for great footage, but from an ethical perspective, it's an unsettling, deceptive tactic.

Mr. Ross said the company's efforts via Facebook constituted "a deceptive marketing tactic".

Last year, US prosecutors targeting anti-Trump protesters in Washington DC relied on video evidence from a far-right group with a record of deceptive tactics.

The indictment lists a variety of deceptive tactics, including having children falsely designated as athletic recruits; bribing proctors to edit answers on standardized college-entry exams; and hiring people to pose as students to raise grade-point averages.

The Washington Post on Monday published a report about a woman who falsely claimed Roy Moore sexually assaulted her as a teenager — and who appeared to work with Project Veritas, an organization that uses deceptive tactics and secretly recorded conversations in an effort to embarrass its targets.

In Connecticut, where the state legislature has considered a bill governing whether "primary" online sellers like Ticketmaster can restrict resales, the Department of Consumer Protection issued a report criticizing scalpers' deceptive tactics, like luring fans to phony Web sites and not disclosing their terms of sale.

But perhaps more of a threat than even these deceptive tactics is the increasing incidence of a company's own customers writing negative reviews about a product that they have never seen, purchased, or used themselves.

The regulations overhaul what is known as borrower defense to repayment, a statute that wipes away federal loans if a school used illegal or deceptive tactics to persuade students to borrow money for college.

They fear that the Trump administration will gut rules like borrower defense to repayment, a statute that wipes away federal loans if a school used illegal or deceptive tactics to persuade students to borrow money for college.