skulduggery

[skuhl-duhg-uh-ree]

noun

plural

skulduggeries 

1. a variant of skullduggery.

skulduggery

/ skʌlˈdʌɡərɪ /

noun

1. informal,  underhand dealing; trickery

Word History and Origins

Origin of skulduggery¹

C19: altered from earlier Scot sculduddery; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Depreciation expenses will rise quickly, as we’ve noted in this column, and it will decrease profitability, but there is no accounting skulduggery as Burry’s short call suggests.

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Some of the affected companies say there is some intra-Italian skulduggery going on.

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The aliens, of course, will emerge intact to become the focus of industrial competition and skulduggery.

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Early on, the two get one scene together where they put on a pretense of speaking in shorthand about the emotional costs of a career in Blackwater-style skulduggery.

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While malfeasance in politics happens in all parts of Southern California, the level of skulduggery, and sometimes outright thievery, by council members in southeast L.A.

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