6 definitions found for skulduggery

skulduggery n 1: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way [syn: trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery]

skulduggery or skullduggery noun (plural -geries) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1867 underhanded or unscrupulous behavior; also a devious device or trick

skulduggery
n. (also sculduggery, skullduggery) trickery; unscrupulous behaviour.
Etymology: earlier sculduddery, orig. Sc. = unchastity (18th c.: orig. unkn.)

skulduggery Skulduggery is behaviour in which someone acts in a dishonest way in order to achieve their aim. (WRITTEN) ...accusations of political skulduggery. N-UNCOUNT

skulduggery ˈskʌlˌdʌɡərɪ n. (also sculduggery, skullduggery) trickery; unscrupulous behaviour. [earlier sculduddery, orig. Sc. = unchastity (18th c.: orig. unkn.)]

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "skulduggery": artifice, chicane, chicanery, collusion, connivance, connivery, conspiracy, covin, dodgery, foul play, machination, pettifoggery, pettifogging, sharp practice, sleight, supercherie, trickery, underhand dealing