(rhetoric) An utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth from their dens" (i.e. trembling with fright).

(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.

An employee working on a physical construction site.

(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 constructive dismissal

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

plural of construction site