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wildcat [a]

1)	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"

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unsound

2)	without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"

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unauthorised unauthorized

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unofficial

3)	(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"

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explorative

wildcat [n]

1)	an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field

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wildcat_well

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oil_well

2)	a cruelly rapacious person

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beast brute savage wolf

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aggressor savage

3)	any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

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