dodgy

dodgy
   indicating some characteristic that is taboo or of doubtful legality
   Thus for a sailor a dodgy deacon is a homosexual priest and a dodgy car is one which has been stolen:
    I might be able to sell a dodgy car now and again but that's never going to make us rich. (L Thomas, 1977)
   For a transport driver a dodgy night is one spent at home but entered on his time sheet as being passed with his vehicle:
    If you check your overtime sheets, or the appropriate lay-bys, you will find out... what the drivers' jargon 'dodgy nights' means. (Holder, 1992)

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