skulduggery

American  

[skuhl-duhg-uh-ree] / skʌlˈdʌg ə ri /

noun

PLURAL

skulduggeries

1. a variant of skullduggery.

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skulduggery British  

/ skʌlˈdʌɡərɪ /

noun

1. informal  underhand dealing; trickery

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Etymology

Origin of skulduggery

C19: altered from earlier Scot sculduddery; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

For example, voters sort themselves geographically, with a lopsided share of Democrats packed in cities and Republicans in rural areas, for reasons that have nothing to do with partisan skulduggery.

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The game’s elements of chance and skulduggery — not to mention its potential to devastate your personal relationships — are flaws to some.

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That Mr. Connally could have been engaged in political skulduggery was hardly shocking after Watergate, said John W. Limbert, 80, who was a political officer at the embassy when he was taken hostage.

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The machinations that Weir begins to uncover may seem familiar: The early episodes of “Rabbit Hole” suggest skulduggery that corresponds, from many people’s point of view, with recent tides in American history.

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Albania, a member of NATO, and other countries in the alliance, he said, had no choice but to take any hint of Russian skulduggery seriously.

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