Sentence examples for tactics commonly used from inspiring English sources

Phone hacking is one of the many illicit tactics commonly used by modern tabloid journalists to uncover news and gossip.

They also shed light on tax avoidance tactics commonly used by the ultrawealthy but out of reach for the average taxpayer.

The Justice Department hailed it as a turning point, promising that it would apply hardball tactics commonly used to take down organized-crime figures to prosecute executives who had violated a federal ban on paying bribes to obtain foreign business.

The booklet gives readers insight into what to expect during arrest and prison admission, as well as tactics commonly used by interrogators: threatening physical harm and arresting the subject's family members, employing physical and psychological torture, sexual assault, as well as performing random acts of kindness.

Scare tactics, commonly used to increase noticeability and importance in messages, correlates with higher annoyance for our participants, which may hurt the message effectiveness in the long run.

"Recent legislation around stalking and threatening or abusive behaviour is clearly being treated with appropriate seriousness - these are tactics commonly used by perpetrators to exert control over women and children, and we are pleased to see this recognised".

THERE is a tactic commonly used in political and moral arguments that might be described as "the Führer manoeuvre".

As the submarine prepared to surface, the safety board said, it conducted a series of turns, a tactic commonly used to identify more clearly any sonar contacts.

The Swat team that burst into the Phonesavanh's room looking for a drug dealer had deployed a tactic commonly used by the US military in warzones, and increasingly by domestic police forces across the US.

To the outraged, including the Reverend Al Sharpton, who has been very vocal about his feelings about the cartoon, it appears that Delonas has purposely evoked these loaded visual references and then used the seemingly innocent Travis the chimp story as a convenient cover for conveying his offensive message – a tactic commonly used by racists.

Although largely new in Cairo, the term "black bloc" has been used for years in the United States and Europe to describe a tactic commonly used by anarchists and anticapitalists during large-scale political demonstrations that occasionally devolve into street fights with the authorities.