| 单词 | skulduggery |
| 释义 | skulduggery (once / 48440 pages) n 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, having a romantic relationship with someone else's spouse? 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. WORD FAMILYskulduggery: skulduggeries USAGE EXAMPLES“This covert action by the Nixon campaign,” he said, “laid the ground for the skulduggery of his presidency.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) To that end, prosecutors in Brooklyn said, the two resorted to acts of skulduggery. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) Maple syrup’s circuitous journey from shack to flapjack, the trial has revealed, offers many opportunities for skulduggery, and even for violence. Economist(Nov 10, 2016) n verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way Syn|Hyper hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery deceit, deception, misrepresentation a misleading falsehood |
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