skulduggery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

skulduggery
    n 1: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you
         in some way [syn: {trickery}, {hocus-pocus}, {slickness},
         {hanky panky}, {jiggery-pokery}, {skulduggery},
         {skullduggery}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "skulduggery":
      artifice, chicane, chicanery, collusion, connivance, connivery,
      conspiracy, covin, dodgery, foul play, machination, pettifoggery,
      pettifogging, sharp practice, sleight, supercherie, trickery,
      underhand dealing

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