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wildcat

adjective
  1. (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
    “drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation”
  2. without official authorization
    unofficially
  3. outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
    “wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks”
noun
  1. any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
  2. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
    wildcat well
  3. a cruelly rapacious person
    beast