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outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices

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  1. adj. outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
  2. adj. without official authorization
  3. adj. (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
  4. n. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
  5. n. a cruelly rapacious person
  6. n. any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
  7. n:100 n. any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild s. outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices s. (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive