unscrupulous
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Ramaphosa explained how unscrupulous employers pay undocumented migrants well below the minimum wage and "merely" pay a fine if caught.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
“Anytime there’s uncertainty, unscrupulous people take advantage of that,” O’Saben said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Some unscrupulous businesses are seeing it as an opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
"As the demand for certain breeds increases, we see a lot more unscrupulous breeding going on, including really poor breeding practices and puppy smuggling," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
People had raised their eyebrows when Ali, a man who had memorized the Koran, married Sanaubar, a woman nineteen years younger, a beautiful but notoriously unscrupulous woman who lived up to her dishonorable reputation.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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The Catcher in the Rye
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Grade 10, List 6
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