0 relating to something that is done secretly or in a way that is not direct or honest: --
The change was immediately dismissed as a backdoor tax increase.
Creeping assimilation of the provisions of the two treaties by backdoor means is not acceptable to us.
It meant nationalisation by the backdoor, and so on.
It now seems to be rather ashamed of that fact and to be trying to do favours to the brewing trade by backdoor methods.
This can be thought by some, who cannot be criticised for thinking it, to be the backdoor to nationalisation.
It is not for housing benefits or supplementary benefit to serve as a backdoor supplement to the grant system.
This is a completely backdoor way of dealing with something which should be in public legislation.
Is this really just a backdoor method of building up a surplus to meet tax cuts in the future?
This can be used as a backdoor method of savings.
