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

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