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scullduggery

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scul⋅dug⋅ger⋅y

[skuhl-duhg-uh-ree]
–noun
skulduggery.
Also, scull⋅dug⋅ger⋅y.

skul⋅dug⋅ger⋅y

[skuhl-duhg-uh-ree]
–noun, plural -ger⋅ies.
1. dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery: bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery.
2. an instance of dishonest or deceitful behavior; trick.
Also, skullduggery, sculduggery, scullduggery.


Origin:
1705–15, Americanism; var. of sculduddery, orig. Scots: fornication, obscenity < ?
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