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Meanings of skulduggery in English

Portuguese
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Catalan
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Spanish
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Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.

artifício
Usage of skulduggery in English
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If high-end financial skulduggery were that straightforward we'd all be at it.
The Irish Times
2
I can't remember the last time I read claims of such old-fashioned skulduggery.
The Irish Times
3
Tells about the patent war and other skulduggery practiced by Shaffner.
The new yorker
4
Like the best-laid skulduggery, it's hard to see how this one can fail.
The Guardian
5
In the legal blogosphere there were accusations of old boys' networks and skulduggery.
The Guardian
6
He looked happy, and he never looks happy unless he's planning some skulduggery!
The Pirates of Ersatz
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Thar's some skulduggery goin' on down here, or my name ain't Nick Brower.
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; Or, The Crime of the Midnigh...
8
Concrete policy changes may follow, and alleged financial skulduggery could yet produce more fallout.
Reuters
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The manager used heavy sarcasm in addressing theories of skulduggery.
The Irish Times
10
This pale 13th century edifice hosted many sieges and the usual soap-opera style skulduggery.
The Irish Times
11
In other words, accounting sleight-of-hand, witchery, trickery, sorcery, or skulduggery.
A colossal failure of common sense: the inside story of the coll...
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There was so much skulduggery going on, the top four finishers were all disqualified.
The South African
13
Boardwalk's fourth season, just out on DVD, is when things go beyond booze-peddling skulduggery.
The Guardian
14
Another miner, known as the Presbyterian, added: There's some skulduggery in it, I guess.
Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 4.
15
That can be a euphemism for all sorts of skulduggery.
The Irish Times
16
Curly wigs and straining bustiers; political shenanigans and sexual skulduggery.
The Irish Times
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Translations for skulduggery
Spanish
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Skulduggery through the time