jiggery-pokery

n.
Underhand scheming or behavior: "By some legal-or perhaps illegal-jiggery-pokery, he could declare the election void" (John Hughes).

[Alteration of joukery-pawkery : from Scots jouk, to dodge (probably from DUCK²) + Scots pawk, trick.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
  Synonyms: trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, skulduggery, skullduggery

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - svindel, humbug, hokuspokus

Nederlands (Dutch)
knoeierij

Français (French)
n. - (GB) entourloupettes, manigances, micmac

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schmu

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Βρετ., καθομ.) ματσαραγκιά, απατεωνιά

Italiano (Italian)
pasticcio (riferito a situazione)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - truque (m), enganação (f)

Русский (Russian)
махинации, вздор, возня

Español (Spanish)
n. - trampa, maniobras fraudulentas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fiffel, skoj, hokuspokus

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
欺诈, 欺骗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 欺詐, 欺騙

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 속임수 , 허튼소리, 익숙한 조작

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ごまかし

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الضحك على الذقون, غش, نصب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מו"מ לא-הוגן, הולכת שולל, הוקוס-פוקוס‬

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