fly-by-night
Example Sentences
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State subsidies are paid directly to child-care providers, which could enable fraudsters to set up fly-by-night day care to bilk the government.
Anybody who might have assumed that “Rust” was some fly-by-night exploitation flick should know that its bones are very much that of a moody indie with a heart and a conscience.
From Los Angeles Times
“I hired this fly-by-night team who set up the balloon in this wooded area,” Levine said.
From Seattle Times
Some are on fly-by-night commercial websites that reveal little information about who runs them or the technology they’re based on.
From Seattle Times
There are just too many fly-by-night operations that either treat your personal data carelessly or, in some cases, just steal it.
From Seattle Times
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