Skulduggery Definition

skuldugərē
noun
Sneaky, dishonest behavior; trickery.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
skulduggery
Plural:
skulduggeries

Origin of Skulduggery

  • 1856, apparently an alteration of Scottish English sculdudrie (“adultery"), sculduddery “bawdry, obscenity", a euphemism of uncertain origin.

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Skulduggery Sentence Examples

  • Byrd is, of course, persuaded that Uri 's friends would never take part in such skulduggery.

  • Notes At one level this is a story of betrayal, of political skulduggery and of religiously-motivated violence.

  • Byrd is, of course, persuaded that Uri's friends would never take part in such skulduggery.

  • Via the Vatican bank, Marcinkus had engaged in a vast amount of financial skulduggery.

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