An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver.

旨在间接或不正当地挫败对手或获得权势的一种行为；计策。

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The latest charge:In several instances, Clear Channel is deviously using front companies to evade the Federal Communications Commission's strict ownership caps.

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She created a series of captioned jpegs of him using memegenerator.net and then deviously search-optimized them to fill his results page.

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Imagine, then, if the James Carvilles, Dick Morrises and Karl Roves of the world put their visionary, calculating, often deviously cynical genius to work to promote the national interest globally.

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