skulduggery (redirected from sculduggery)

skul·dug·ger·y  (skl-dg-r)

n.

Variant of skullduggery.

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skulduggery US, skullduggery [skʌlˈdʌgərɪ]

n

Informal underhand dealing; trickery

[altered from earlier Scot sculduddery; of obscure origin]

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skulduggery

underhanded, dishonest, or deceptive behavior or actions.

See also: Crime

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

skulduggery - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood

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skulduggery

noun (Informal) trickery, swindling, machinations, duplicity, double-dealing, fraudulence, shenanigan(s) (informal), unscrupulousness, underhandedness accusations of intimidation and political skulduggery

Translations

skulduggery [skʌlˈdʌgərɪ] N → trampas fpl, embustes mpl
a piece of skulduggery → una trampa, un embuste

skulduggery [skʌlˈdʌgəri] n → magouilles fpl

skulduggery

n (inf) → üble Tricks pl (inf); a bit of skulduggery → ein übler Trick (inf); what skulduggery are you planning? (hum) → na, was für Schandtaten hast du denn vor? (inf)

skulduggery skullduggery (Am) [skʌlˈdʌgərɪ] n (fam) → imbrogli mpl, manovre fpl