A deliberate and calculated behavior exhibited by an organization or its members, particularly law enforcement agencies, where they feign misunderstanding or lack of capability to fulfill a legal or formal request for information. This tactic is employed as a means of evasion to avoid accountability, transparency, or the disclosure of information that could implicate the organization in illegal activities or misconduct. It is characterized by an outward appearance of cooperation or innocence, masking an intentional effort to obstruct justice or the rightful access to information. This behavior is passive-aggressive in nature because it avoids direct confrontation or refusal while actively working against the requester's aims to uncover truth or obtain justice.
This definition encapsulates the manipulative and obstructive nature of the behavior, emphasizing its purpose as a strategy to evade legal and moral responsibilities.
This definition encapsulates the manipulative and obstructive nature of the behavior, emphasizing its purpose as a strategy to evade legal and moral responsibilities.
The police department's refusal to provide the requested documents, coupled with their pretense of not understanding the clear terms of the FOIA request, is a classic case of passive-aggressive strategic incompetence designed to shield themselves from scrutiny.
by I Juana Be Free March 3, 2024
Get the Passive-Aggressive Strategic Incompetencemug. by dustinsd January 21, 2023
Get the aggressive consentmug. Agressive Anger is the opposite of Passive Aggressive Anger. Expressing your wrath directly to the person you are angry at witnout worrying about keeping things pleasant.
Talk about Aggressive Anger, Toni finally yelled No I dont want any more of your Deviled Eggs, I dont even like eggs Grandma!
by LilyOndine February 12, 2017
Get the aggressive angermug. When your ex writes on your Facebook page, or posts on your Facebook photos and posts, even though they aren't speaking to you.
I can't believe amy wrote "cute pic, Mr. Cuddly Cat is sooooo adorable" on Jason's Facebook profile pic! She won't even return his calls - and she's cheating on him!! She is so Postive Aggressive!!
by Evil Con Weasel June 7, 2018
Get the Postive Aggressivemug. 
A type of monogamy, practiced by swingers - who are trying to hide the fact that they are swingers - because they built their entire persona around being in a traditional monogamous relationship.
He kept saying that he was practicing aggressive monogamy, while his wife was in the bedroom getting railed by his best friend.
by PugsAreAnAbominationToGod June 7, 2024
Get the aggressive monogamymug. of or denoting a type of behavior or personality characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of academia and an avoidance of direct confrontation, as in procrastinating, pouting, or pontificating from your ivory tower.
Dr. Rye responded to the shock of university politics by binge watching The Chair on Netflix and sending scholarly-aggressive emails to her department about how back-door deals shouldn't be required to get custodians to clean the practicum site or to have working computers.
by Mati Allin January 2, 2022
Get the Scholarly-Aggressivemug.