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SKULLDUGGERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skullduggery mean? 

SKULLDUGGERY (noun)
  The noun SKULLDUGGERY has 1 sense:

1. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some wayplay

  Familiarity information: SKULLDUGGERY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SKULLDUGGERY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

hanky panky; hocus-pocus; jiggery-pokery; skulduggery; skullduggery; slickness; trickery

Hypernyms ("skullduggery" is a kind of...):

deceit; deception; misrepresentation (a misleading falsehood)


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