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n. - Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.

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Usage examples (34)
  • Noun, : bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery
  • Gounden said he and Radebe prided themselves on not being involved in any "skulduggery", and took the allegations made in the
  • But alleged "skulduggery" in the funeral business may be partly to blame for LifeArt's shaky grip on life.
  • This is the kind of skulduggery that we hope fervently will be quashed under the next presidential administration.
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