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Definition of Skullduggery
1. Noun. Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
Generic synonyms: Deceit, Deception, Misrepresentation
Derivative terms: Slick, Trick
Definition of Skullduggery
1. Noun. Activities intended to deceive; a con or hoax. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skullduggery
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skullduggery
Literary usage of Skullduggery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pioneer History of Milwaukee by James Smith Buck (1886)
"... editor of the Sentinel Threatened with a Licking—Political Ruffianism—More
skullduggery—The Herzer Resolutions—The Lockwood Resolutions—Their Effect—The ..."
2. Phi Delta Kappan by Phi Delta Kappa (1912)
"Well, of course you don't want to abuse such confidence for any such skullduggery
but the general idea is all the same, the stranger was a leader because he ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"This genius in skullduggery asserts he was born in 1872, which would make him
68, but it may be safely assumed that he is about a decade older, ..."
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