[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

skulduggery
     n : verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you
         in some way syn: trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness,
          hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skullduggery
see also:
trickery hocus-pocus slickness hanky panky jiggery-pokery skullduggery 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 moby thesaurus words for "skulduggery":
   artifice, chicane, chicanery, collusion, connivance, connivery,
   conspiracy, covin, dodgery, foul play, machination, pettifoggery,
   pettifogging, sharp practice, sleight, supercherie, trickery,
   underhand dealing

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