skulduggery
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noun \ˌskəl-ˈdə-g(ə-)rē, ˈskəl-ˌ\ plural skul·dug·ger·ies
Definition of SKULDUGGERY
: underhanded or unscrupulous behavior; also : a devious device or trick
See Variants of SKULDUGGERY
skul·dug·gery or skull·dug·gery \ˌskəl-ˈdə-g(ə-)rē, ˈskəl-ˌ\
Examples of SKULDUGGERY
- tales of espionage and skulduggery
- <the company's apparently healthy bottom line was merely an illusion, the result of years of accounting skulduggery>
Origin of SKULDUGGERY
origin unknown
First Known Use: 1867
Related to SKULDUGGERY
- Synonyms
- artifice, chicane, chicanery, gamesmanship, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, trickery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, wile
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