Word: underhand
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...this scheme are using an underhand method...
Baseball, unfortunately, is still a business. Victory means profit; and, as long as this continues to be the case members of this business, as of any other, who are less troubled than their colleagues by ethical scruples will resort to underhand means...
...book in his pocket or his bag, or concealed among his own books, we may drop the "thief" if we like, because in most cases he means to return the book, and in some cases does so, but he is no less a sneak, for he does in an underhand way and to secure a mean advantage for himself, what he cannot do openly and with the knowledge of those responsible, for the room. When a man signs a fictitious name, or another name than his own, in charging a book to be taken out so out that...
...three years only two instances have come to our notice. We do not attribute this to the supervision of proctors, which by no means renders impossible the use of blotters on which the necessary facts or formulae are written, but to the universal feeling among the undergraduates that such underhand practices are dishonorable. Cribbing distinctly is not tolerated. Offenders in most cases are, and in all cases should be, held up to scorn...
Slater will start the game this afternoon, and will probably be replaced by Hicks. Both of these pitchers are in better shape than any of the others on the squad. Slater is using an underhand delivery which he has well under control and which is also speedy. Hicks pitches overhand; his curves break sharply and his straight balls have considerable jump...