skulduggery
Other forms: skulduggeries
Skulduggery is dishonest words that are meant to trick people, like your brother's fast-talking that leaves you doing all of his chores and your own, plus giving him your allowance. He's a master of skulduggery.
Skulduggery is an alteration of the Scottish word for "adultery," sculdudrie. Lies, deceit, dirty tricks? Sounds like skulduggery — or using clever words to take advantage of a situation, or person — is involved. However, skulduggery can have many other goals, from lying to potential customers about what a product can do or telling voters anything they want to hear in order to secure their votes.
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verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
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synonyms:
hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery
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type of:
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deceit, deception, misrepresentation
a misleading falsehood
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deceit, deception, misrepresentation
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Brilliant Matilda Wormwood finds clever ways to get the best of her ignorant parents and the cruel headmistress of her school.
An orphan living in ancient Egypt, twelve-year-old Ranofer dreams of becoming a master goldsmith — but instead he must work at menial jobs for his cruel half-brother. When Ranofer discovers a stolen goblet in his brother's possession, he believes he may have a chance at a new life.
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