skullduggery

[skuhl-duhg-uh-ree] /skʌlˈdʌg ə ri/

noun, plural skullduggeries.

Examples from the web for skullduggery

Those have changed to stories of corruption and skullduggery.
But high stakes are high stakes, and that's where friendship ends and skullduggery begins.
All she has to do is smile and you forget you're watching satire triumph over skullduggery.
Meanwhile, skullduggery of the first order was in the works.

British Dictionary definitions for skullduggery

skulduggery

/skʌlˈdʌɡərɪ/

noun

(informal) underhand dealing; trickery

Word Origin

C19: altered from earlier Scot sculduddery; of obscure origin

Slang definitions & phrases for skullduggery

noun

Shady behavior; dirty work, hanky-panky

[1867+; a US alteration of Scots sculduddery, ''bawdry, obscenity,'' which is attested from the early 18th century]