(law) A legal fiction describing a situation where a person or entity gained an unfair advantage over another by deceitful or unfair methods. Intent does not need to be shown.

(military, historical) In the German Democratic Republic, a person who did not bear arms but instead did construction work.

plural of construction soldier

plural of construct state

(grammar) A noun form associated especially with Afroasiatic languages, but occurring also in Iranian and others; used in construing a nominal with another, particularly for the object of a genitive.

plural of construction site

plural of constructive dismissal

(chiefly UK) The practice or act of forcing an employee to resign by creating a hostile work environment.

(manufacturing) A combination of items that is used as the basis for computing costs and materials needs. A complete construction can consist of multiple construction units, each of which is a copy of the others.

plural of construction unit