unfair practice

noun

1. unfair competition.
2. any practice in business involving the general public or competing parties that is prohibited by statute and regulated by an appropriate government agency.

Example Sentences

Rights groups, lawyers and opposition leaders have hailed the order as a "turning point" in tackling the unfair practice that has gone unchecked for years.

From BBC

They have filed an unfair practice charge against the union.

From Los Angeles Times

In a fired-up message posted to Truth Social on Thursday evening, Donald Trump accuses New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron and New York Attorney General Letitia James of unfair practice in his ongoing civil fraud trial, depicting them as conspirators in a plot to make him look guilty.

From Salon

But others didn’t receive the pay they contend the university agreed to—a situation that’s led to dozens of arbitration cases, the arrests of three early-career researchers, and a complaint to the state labor board alleging “unfair practice” by UC officials.

From Science Magazine

It has filed a complaint with the state labor board alleging that the arrests and student misconduct letters constitute “unfair practice.”

From Science Magazine