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单词 skulduggery
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
skul•dug•ger•y or skull•dug•gery /skʌlˈdʌgəri/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. dishonorable or deceitful behavior.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
skul•dug•ger•y  (skul dugə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ger•ies. 
  1. dishonorable proceedings;
    mean dishonesty or trickery:bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery.
  2. an instance of dishonest or deceitful behavior;
    trick.
Also, skullduggery, sculduggery, scullduggery. 
  • ?
  • variant of sculduddery, origin, originally Scots: fornication, obscenity 1705–15, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
skulduggery, US skullduggery /skʌlˈdʌɡərɪ/ n
  1. informal underhand dealing; trickery
Etymology: 19th Century: altered from earlier Scot sculduddery; of obscure origin
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