skullduggery
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌskʌlˈdʌɡəri/
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trampa
- However, the disenfranchised voters—who tried to vote but were prevented—were the victims of skullduggery by Kathleen Harris and her minions.
- corporate skullduggery
There's a lot of skullduggery going on, a lot of lying, cheating, bit of informing.
- There's a lot of skullduggery going on, a lot of lying, cheating, bit of informing.
- I'm not saying that they will take him out with a bullet, but they will certainly take him out with memes, tweets, data analytics, skullduggery.
- You know, there's no there wasn't maybe bits of skullduggery here and there, but nothing really, you know, it was all proper business.
Examples
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Well, there's some, you know, skullduggery there too.
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There's a lot of skullduggery going on, a lot of lying, cheating, bit of informing.
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China is up to skullduggery.
Blog text (19) -
By doing so, I was able to employ one more bit of skullduggery.
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There's all kinds of skullduggery that happened there.
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In it, we find charges of media skullduggery in their attempts to get Barack Obama elected to a second term.
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I don't know the details, but if he is being blocked from giving testimony, then that would suggest some sort of skullduggery.
Blog text (25) -
In theory, eradicating any sort of trickery or skullduggery from NBA games should qualify as a good thing.
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What is truly remarkable is the effort—the resources committed, the risks taken, and the skullduggery employed—to bring a Latin American democracy down, and the meager efforts since to build democracy back up.
Academic text (2003) -
The politician was accused of engaging in shady skullduggery to win the election.
Synonyms
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4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
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9.5
A trick or excuse to hide the real reason
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8.1
Dishonest behavior that hides true intentions to trick someone
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6.0
Secret dishonest actions that harm or make someone look bad, often in politics and business
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9.3
Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage
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8.6
Secret or dishonest actions that try to cheat people
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9.7
Dishonest words or actions that try to trick people
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7.1
Dishonest behavior of pretending one thing but doing another
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7.1
Dishonest or sneaky behaviour to get what you want
Tricks that fool people to gain an advantage
Dishonest actions that try to trick people
Actions that cheat people to get their money
Antonyms
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Etymology
Skullduggery probably comes from an old Scottish word like 'sculduddery' meaning 'trick' or 'mischief', but its exact history is not certain. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine sneaky, hidden tricks, so skullduggery means secret, dishonest behaviour.