Skulduggery

Quick meaning: Skulduggery is a noun meaning (countable) A devious device or trick.

Meaning

(countable) A devious device or trick.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour.

Example Sentences

And you, O student, might do worse than to investigate the assorted sculduggeries of this obscure trio: […]

Mr. BURNS wanted to hear from the gentleman from Logan on his amendment, to see whether there was any "sculduggery" about it.

How did Hercules (Herc. of antiquity) slay the Hydrant and cleanse the stables of Oregon? Did it all by main force, didn't he? Power? Shenanigan? Skulduggery? Of course he did.

A private company cannot get away with a skulduggery of that sort. Once it has paid out its money for taxes, it cannot reach into the public treasury and get it back and apply it on its amortization account.

Word Forms

• skulduggeries
• skullduggery

Synonyms for skulduggery

Depending on context, synonyms include ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, dishonesty, jiggery-pokery, thugduggery.

Antonyms for skulduggery

Common opposites include honesty, probity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include trickery, jiggery-pokery, hocus-pocus, hanky panky, slickness, skullduggery.

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