skulduggery
pronunciation
How to pronounce skulduggery in British English:
UK [skʌlˈdʌgəri]
How to pronounce skulduggery in American English:
US [skʌlˈdʌɡəri]
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- Noun:
- verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
Word Origin
- skulduggery (n.)
- 1856, apparently an alteration of Scottish sculdudrie "adultery" (1713), sculduddery "bawdry, obscenity" (1821), a euphemism of uncertain origin.
Example
- 1. Volatile markets can mask all kinds of skulduggery .
- 2. They can expose political skulduggery and also tabulate poll results instantaneously , making fraud easier to detect .
- 3. Years of intense scrutiny by experts have not produced conclusive public evidence of deliberate skulduggery , as opposed to mistakes , in huawei 's wares .
- 4. Hu shuli , china 's best-known financial journalist , turned caijing magazine into a must-read by leading investigations into official corruption , financial skulduggery and social injustice .
- 5. The new drama is based on a 1990 bbc tale of political skulduggery , also called " house of cards " , about an urbane-but-psychotic conservative chief whip , who plots and kills his way to becoming british prime minister .