But it was still just the desperate tactic of a bad guy who knew he was defeated and needed to escape.

The seeming impossibility of finding a place led him to desperate tactics.

Dax felt bad about using such desperate tactics, but they had been left little choice.

In the final stages of the war, both sides resort to desperate tactics.

The Masters, now facing critical energy shortages, resorted to even more desperate tactics.

For Bosch, it was the low end of the job, dealing with desperate people and using desperate tactics.

Nothing would have been gained and the judge would feel taunted by the desperate tactics.

Its financial reports since then provide a lesson in dashed hopes and desperate tactics for survival.

I decided on a desperate tactic to settle the fight before it occurred to her to turn it into a foot race.

The lawmakers themselves often resort to desperate tactics at this time of year.