skulduggery

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[ US /skəɫˈdəɡɝˌi/ ]
[ UK /skˈʌldəɡəɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
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How To Use skulduggery In A Sentence

  • A side story of skulduggery is more dramatic still, if potentially litigious: as Lahey tells it, a former distributor of Sullivan St breads hired former Sullivan St bakers to start his own bakery, opened suddenly with an extremely similar product line, and started making deliveries to Sullivan St customers with no notice of a change of vendor — initially in stockpiled bags with the Sullivan St name and logo, yet. Half a Loaf
  • Such skulduggery may be woven into the fabric of Tinseltown. Times, Sunday Times
  • Instead, the stories have been about alleged corruption, incompetence and skulduggery.
  • Moreover, many admirers of CSR confuse the sort of creative destruction that makes us all richer, in the long run, with corporate skulduggery.
  • Protecting the integrity of racing from corruptive forces is his priority - and the investigation into claims of skulduggery following the explosion in betting exchanges are top of his ‘to do’ list.
  • But Egypt wants Nefertiti back and a document showing that the bust only left the country because of skulduggery could well strengthen Cairo's case.
  • But it's not so much the chaotic ending as the knockdown punch itself that has kept rumours of skulduggery thriving for so long. Times, Sunday Times
  • The quest now is to find an investor willing to plunge into the arcane world of F1, with all its political skulduggery and financial worries. Times, Sunday Times
  • Martin Scorsese's epic tale of skulduggery and violence is even more extreme than Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In America.
  • Of course, like most Skulduggery Pleasant villains, he was affably evil anyway. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » How to Turn Jumbled Thoughts into a Coherent Story
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