skullduggery
mean dishonesty or trickery.
underhanded or unscrupulous behavior; trickery:
"a firm that investigates commercial skulduggery"
SIMILAR:
trickery
swindling
fraudulence
double-dealing
sharp practice
unscrupulousness
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Did you know?
Skulduggery, which can also be spelled "skullduggery," was first documented in the mid-19th century spelled as "scull-duggery." Etymologists aren't sure exactly how the word arrived in English, but they do not believe it has anything to do with skulls. It is possibly derived from the now-very-rare "sculduddery," a term once used to refer to gross or lewd conduct, but unfortunately the origins of that word are also unknown.
Synonyms:
artifice
chicane
chicanery
gamesmanship
hanky-panky
jiggery-pokery
jugglery
legerdemain
subterfuge
trickery
wile
skullduggery
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