Skullduggery

Definition

skulduggery (also skullduggery ) /sk4l'd4gåri/ n [U] ( often joc ) မသမာမႉ။ allegations of political skulduggery.

Examples

1. ‘What the Sligo County Board have done is to engage in a low
2. mean-spirited
3. under-hand piece of skulduggery.’
4. ‘Now
5. none of this should be taken to mean success is invariably tainted by skullduggery or attained in spite of incompetence.’
6. ‘But economic skullduggery should be set within a more important wider context which I will discuss later.’
7. ‘Nonetheless
8. his downfall was caused by his skullduggery in the context of the defeat in Vietnam.’
9. ‘Obviously with projects this momentous there's bound to be a touch of skullduggery.’
10. ‘It gets even stranger with bullets
11. conspiracies
12. death threats and international skullduggery.’
13. ‘The reason for this legislative skullduggery is obvious: No one wants to publicly defend the indefensible.’
14. ‘What the Cork and Kerry decisions mean is that every form of skullduggery is given semi-official legitimacy.’
15. ‘Martin Scorsese's epic tale of skulduggery and violence is even more extreme than Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In America.’
16. ‘As exchanges become more of a presence in the market
17. the potential for skullduggery has never been greater.’
18. ‘Measuring the volume of corporate skullduggery precisely is difficult.’
19. ‘Of all the financiers Bangkok wants to string up for mismanagement and skullduggery leading to the Crisis
20. it is Pin they want most.’
21. ‘Chisholm is very close to Deacon and unlikely to collaborate in any cabinet skullduggery.’
22. ‘This fascinating study of one of the century's greatest ‘scams' shows that financial skullduggery did not begin with Robert Maxwell or Enron.’
23. ‘Nixon compared this skullduggery with the conduct towards reporters of the Kennedy White House.’
24. ‘It sounds dull but it this sort of underhand skullduggery that bloggers should be uncovering.’
25. ‘What kind of skullduggery was going on in the front-row
26. we do not know.’
27. ‘Ansari depicts the history of the caliphs as a sordid one of oppression and skullduggery.’
28. ‘Do note
29. however
30. the snide tone of the remark
31. and the imputation of dishonesty and skullduggery among scientists.’
32. ‘Instead
33. the stories have been about alleged corruption
34. incompetence and skulduggery.’