skulduggery

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• Received-Pronunciation: /skʌlˈdʌɡəɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /skʌlˈdʌɡɹi/
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• General-American: /ˌskʌlˈdʌɡəɹi/
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• General-American: /ˌskʌlˈdʌɡɹi/
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• General-American: /ˌskəlˈdəɡ-/
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• CMU ARPABET: S K AH0 L D AH1 G ER0 IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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An alteration of Scots sculduddery, sculdudrie (“adultery, unchaste behaviour; obscenity, lewdness”), of long-uncertain origin (probably a euphemism). Relation to skull is speculative at best and likely folk etymology. The American spelling skullduggery is in keeping with terms such as skillful and willful.

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: измама (izmama) — devious device or trick
• Danish: svindelnummer — devious device or trick
• Dutch: bedriegerij — devious device or trick
• Estonian: sigadus — devious device or trick
• Estonian: alatus — devious device or trick
• Estonian: valskus — devious device or trick
• Finnish: kepponen — devious device or trick
• Finnish: petos — devious device or trick
• French: entourloupe — devious device or trick
• German: Mauschelei — devious device or trick
• German: Hinterlist — devious device or trick
• Icelandic: prettir — devious device or trick
• Icelandic: leynimakk — devious device or trick
• Icelandic: undirferli — devious device or trick
• Icelandic: fláræði — devious device or trick
• Macedonian: далавера (dalavera) — devious device or trick
• Macedonian: ујдурма (ujdurma) — devious device or trick
• Norwegian Bokmål: skurkestrek — devious device or trick
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skurkestrek — devious device or trick
• Polish: machlojka — devious device or trick
• Portuguese: trapaça — devious device or trick
• Romanian: păcăleală — devious device or trick
• Romanian: înșelătorie — devious device or trick
• Romanian: escrocherie — devious device or trick
• Russian: надува́тельство (naduvátelʹstvo) — devious device or trick
• Russian: моше́нничество (mošénničestvo) — devious device or trick
• Russian: жу́льничество (žúlʹničestvo) — devious device or trick
• Serbo-Croatian: превара — devious device or trick
• Serbo-Croatian: prevara — devious device or trick
• Swedish: skurkstreck — devious device or trick
• Bulgarian: мошеничество (mošeničestvo) — dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour
• Finnish: hämäys — dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour
• Macedonian: далавера (dalavera) — dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour
• Polish: machlojka — dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour