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fast and loose

adjective as in irresponsible

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ICE under Noem has been roundly criticized for playing fast and loose with the constitutional rights of detainees and members of Congress.

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Now there’s an argument across social media: Did Sweeney and the retailer play fast and loose with eugenics to sell jeans?

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Like Reuveni, I was pushed out of a job I loved because the Justice Department was playing fast and loose with the court in a case where a defendant appeared to have been tortured.

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The independent financial advisers we have spoken to - who compete for customers with estate agents' in-house services - say this pressure can lead to some agents in the industry playing fast and loose with the rules.

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“He found the consideration of the reality of the wreckage, having played fast and loose with his father’s code, excruciating. He encourages his son to do him in. There was something about what Dexter had come to be that demonstrated that he needed to be taken out.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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