sharp practice vs surreptitiousness

sharp practice

noun
  • A lawyer's unfairly taking advantage of an opposing party's missteps or inexperience to gain an advantage. 

  • Commercial activity that is possibly dishonest while not actually being illegal. 

surreptitiousness

noun
  • The state or quality of being surreptitious. 

How often have the words sharp practice and surreptitiousness occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )