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skullduggery

 
Dictionary: skull·dug·ger·y or skul·dug·ger·y (skŭl-dŭg'ə-rē) pronunciation

n., pl., -ger·ies, or -ger·ries.
Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it.

[Probably alteration of Scots sculduddery, obscenity, fornication.]


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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, jiggery-pokery, skullduggery


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fup, svindel, skurkestreger

Nederlands (Dutch)
intriges, rotstreek

Français (French)
n. - magouille

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hinterlist

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπαμπεσιά, ατιμία, απάτη

Italiano (Italian)
comportamento losco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - trapaça (f)

Русский (Russian)
надувательство

Español (Spanish)
n. - tretas, artimañas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skurkstreck, bedrägeri, svindel, skumraksaffärer, lömskhet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
欺骗, 作假, 欺诈

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사기, 음모

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - いんちき, 不正

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خداع, أحتيال, حياة خادعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נוכלות, תעלולים‬


 
 

 

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