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wildcat | (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive | |
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wildcat | outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices | |
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wildcat | any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild | |
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wildcat, wildcat well | an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field | |
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unauthorized, unauthorised, wildcat | without official authorization | |
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brute, beast, wildcat, wolf, savage | a cruelly rapacious person |