skulduggery

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A devious device or trick.
2. noun Dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour.

Similar words

trickery jiggery-pokery hocus-pocus hanky panky slickness skullduggery sculduggery scullduggery skuggery chicanery

Often followed by

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Word family

skulduggeries skullduggeries skullduggery