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English to English adjective
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Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices | | Example: wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks
wildcat stock speculation
a wildcat airline
wildcat life insurance schemes
source: wordnet30
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without official authorization | | Example: an unauthorized strike
wildcat work stoppage
source: wordnet30
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(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive | | Example: drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation
a wildcat mine
wildcat drilling
wildcat wells
source: wordnet30 noun
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an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field | | source: wordnet30
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a cruelly rapacious person | | source: wordnet30
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any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild | | source: wordnet30
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