backdoor
back|door /b'ækd'ɔːr/
also back door
1 [ADJ] ADJ n
You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
He did the backdoor deals that allowed the government to get its budget through Parliament on time...
He brushed aside talk of greedy MPs voting themselves a backdoor pay rise.
= underhand
2 [N-SING] the N, usu prep N
If you say that someone is doing something through or by the backdoor, you disapprove of them because they are doing it in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
Dentists claim the Government is privatising dentistry through the back door.
also back door
1 [ADJ] ADJ n
You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
He did the backdoor deals that allowed the government to get its budget through Parliament on time...
He brushed aside talk of greedy MPs voting themselves a backdoor pay rise.
= underhand
2 [N-SING] the N, usu prep N
If you say that someone is doing something through or by the backdoor, you disapprove of them because they are doing it in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
Dentists claim the Government is privatising dentistry through the back door.