wildcat

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wildcat Definition

• (n) an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
• (n) a cruelly rapacious person
• (n) any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
• (s) outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes"
• (s) without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"
• (s) (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive; "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"; "a wildcat mine"; "wildcat drilling"; "wildcat wells"

wildcat Synonyms

• beast
• brute
• savage
• unauthorised
• unauthorized
• wildcat
• wildcat well
• wolf