Spanish practices

English Noun p en UK Irregular practices in favour of the workers at a place of work, which are implied, but not specified, in the work contract. Jon Henley Rupert Murdoch and the battle of Wapping: 25 years on 2011-07-27 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/27/rupert-murdoch-wapping-25-years Many in the newspaper business – including some who criticised Murdoch at the time – now concede that the end of Fleet Street's Spanish practices probably helped prolong the life of the British press by a good few decades. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017235105/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/27/rupert-murdoch-wapping-25-years 17 October 2026 Usage notes Some consider this to be a pejorative expression.