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skullduggery

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skull·dug·ger·y or skul·dug·ger·y  (skl-dg-r)
n. pl. skull·dug·ger·ies or skul·dug·ger·ries
Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it.
[Probably alteration of Scots sculduddery, obscenity, fornication.]
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Noun1.skullduggery - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some wayskullduggery - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, slickness, trickery
deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood
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