Definition of "skullduggery" []

• Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it. (noun)

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• "More skullduggery from the folks that run the city."
• "I have no firm evidence of McCain skullduggery, but I can see plenty of suspiciously fortuitous timing, squirming, squiggling, and on again off again events."
• "Since pirates are infamous for their loyalty to no one, then some skullduggery is built into the nature of the movie."