Sentence examples for deceptive means from inspiring English sources

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By almost any metric, the for-profit schools are generally a bad deal for taxpayers — and for the underprivileged students they often recruit through deceptive means.

The sheriff, who was a patient and friend of the doctor, opened an investigation and, according to the indictment, used deceptive means to obtain the anonymous letter from the medical board.

PAGE A15 Anti-Spam Law in Virginia Virginia enacted a law imposing harsh felony penalties for sending unsolicited commercial e-mail messages through deceptive means, the toughest legal move so far against spam.

If I were a potential witness, why would I trust the police enough to speak to them without legal representation, knowing that if they erroneously suspect me of wrongdoing, they may legally use against me evidence gathered by deceptive means?

"Vice President Al Gore is the type of politician where nothing is sacred, that will say and do anything to preserve their own political future, even if that means using fear and deceptive means," Mr. Watts was to say, according to an advance text of his speech.

Last year, the agency prohibited Craig Brittain, the operator of a Web site called isanybodydown, from sharing nude photographs of women that he'd acquired by deceptive means — such as posing as a woman on Craigslist — while redirecting the women to another Web site that he ran, and which promised to remove the pictures in exchange for money.

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Amendment 1 backers reject any suggestion that it's deceptive or meant to derail Florida's adoption of solar power.

He worried that although he was a man, not telling people he was trans was deceptive and meant different things in a culture that wasn't his own.

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.

And even if the divorce isn't taking place because of particularly deceptive or mean-spirited behaviors, they are likely suffering in response to this transition all the same.

Delery claims that DOJ "will not tolerate those who seek financial gain through deceptive or unfair means".

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