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nouna cruelly rapacious person
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nounan exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
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adjectivewithout official authorization
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nounany small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
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adjective(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
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adjectiveoutside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
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Examples of wildcat
- "wildcat work stoppage"
- "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"
- "a wildcat mine"
- "wildcat drilling"
- "wildcat wells"
- "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"
- "wildcat stock speculation"
- "a wildcat airline"
- "wildcat life insurance schemes"