shady business
Example Sentences
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Industry is generally not opposed to the idea of a charter, says INSERM’s François Hirsch, perhaps because it could help improve the image of what is sometimes seen as a shady business.
From Science Magazine • May 7, 2024
The worst tourist scam I’ve seen lately is the shady business of moving a decimal point when someone charges your credit card.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023
There was no crime at hand, and there was no malfeasance, and there was no shady business.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2023
“Bantú Mama,” directed by the Dominican filmmaker Ivan Herrera, follows Emma as she travels from France to the Dominican Republic for some shady business that goes awry.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022
“The kind who doesn’t want his shady business recorded,” I said.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
