tactic

Example Sentences

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In May, CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis said the CIA was applying counterterrorism tactics to what has long been considered a law-enforcement issue.

From The Wall Street Journal

The use of jailhouse informants is not an uncommon, or illegal, tactic and tool used by law enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times

Mixing humour and politics - a tactic social scientists call "tactical frivolity" - is not new.

From BBC

All these tactics, along with many others, are being used by ordinary citizens at the grassroots level throughout the country in cities, downtown metro areas and residential neighborhoods.

From Salon

Both full-backs can play wide, which frees City's wingers to move centrally, a tactic that has been very successful this season.

From BBC