skulduggery

English

Alternative forms

• skullduggery

Etymology

1856, apparently an alteration of Scottish English sculdudrie (“adultery”), sculduddery “bawdry, obscenity”, a euphemism of uncertain origin.

Noun

skulduggery (plural skulduggeries)

1. A devious device or trick.
2. Underhanded or unscrupulous behavior.

Translations

devious device or trick

Danish: svindelnummer (da) n. Finnish: kepponen (fi), petos (fi) Icelandic: prettir (is) n. pl., leynimakk (is) n., undirferli (is) f. and n., fláræði (is) n.

Macedonian: далавера (mk) (dalavéra) f., ујдурма (mk) (újdurma) f. Norwegian: please add this translation if you can Swedish: please add this translation if you can