SKULDUGGERY

Meaning of SKULDUGGERY in English

UK and ANZ, US skullduggery [noun] [U] - secret and dishonest behaviourThere's so much skulduggery in political life these days that you don't know who to trust or believe.There must have been some skulduggery going on for him to have got that job.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

SKULDUGGERY — or skullduggery noun (plural -geries) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1867 underhanded or unscrupulous behavior
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SKULDUGGERY — noun or skull·dug·gery also scul·dug·gery or scull·dug·gery ˌskəlˈdəg(ə)rē, -ri also ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ ( -es ) Etymology: alteration of sculduddery 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKULDUGGERY — /skul dug"euh ree/ , n. , pl. skulduggeries . 1. dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery: bribery, graft, and other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKULDUGGERY — n. deception, trickery, dishonesty; trick (also sculduggery)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SKULDUGGERY — or skull·dug·gery ˌskəl-ˈdə-g(ə-)rē, ˈskəl-ˌ ( plural -ger·ies ) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1867 : underhanded or unscrupulous behavior ; also …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKULDUGGERY — [ skʌl'dʌg(ə)ri ] (also skullduggery ) ■ noun underhand or unscrupulous behaviour; trickery. Origin C19: alt. of Scots sculduddery , …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SKULDUGGERY — [skul.dug.gery] or skull.dug.gery n, pl -ger.ies [origin unknown] (1867): a devious device or trick; also: underhanded or unscrupulous behavior
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKULDUGGERY — skulduggery BrE AmE skʌl ˈdʌɡ ə r i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SKULDUGGERY — (also skull·dug·gery ) / skʌlˈdʌgəri; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( old-fashioned or humorous ) dishonest behaviour or activities …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKULDUGGERY — skul ‧ dug ‧ ge ‧ ry BrE AmE , skullduggery /ˌskʌlˈdʌɡəri/ noun [uncountable] old-fashioned [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKULDUGGERY — n. (also sculduggery, skullduggery) trickery; unscrupulous behaviour. [earlier sculduddery, orig. Sc. = unchastity (18th c.: orig. unkn.)]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKULDUGGERY — n. (also sculduggery, skullduggery) trickery; unscrupulous behaviour. [ earlier sculduddery, orig. Sc. = unchastity (18th c.: orig. unkn.) ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKULDUGGERY — n. (also sculduggery, skullduggery) trickery; unscrupulous behaviour. Etymology: earlier sculduddery, orig. Sc. unchastity (18th c.: orig. unkn.)
Oxford English vocab
SKULDUGGERY — Skulduggery is behaviour in which someone acts in a dishonest way in order to achieve their aim. ( WRITTEN ) …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKULDUGGERY — Skulduggery is behaviour in which someone acts in a dishonest way in order to achieve their aim. (WRITTEN) ...accusations of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SKULDUGGERY — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ He is serving a prison sentence for financial skulduggery . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKULDUGGERY — Synonyms and related words : artifice, chicane, chicanery, collusion, connivance, connivery, conspiracy, covin, dodgery, foul play, machination, pettifoggery, pettifogging, sharp …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKULDUGGERY — n. 25B6; noun TRICKERY, fraudulence, sharp practice, underhandedness, chicanery; informal shenanigans, funny business, monkey business; Brit. informal monkey tricks, jiggery-pokery; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKULDUGGERY — сущ.; амер.; шутл. мошенничество, надувательство, обман Syn : swindle, cheating (американизм) (разговорное) надувательство skulduggery амер. шутл. надувательство
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKULDUGGERY — Подлость
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SKULDUGGERY — skulduggery.ogg skʌlʹdʌgərı = skullduggery
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SKULDUGGERY — сущ.; амер.; шутл.; тж. skullduggeryмошенничество, надувательство, обман, жульничество, афера Syn:swindle 1., trickery
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SKULDUGGERY — (n) надувательство
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SKULDUGGERY — = skullduggery
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SKULDUGGERY — = skullduggery
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SKULDUGGERY — n. надувательство
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SKULDUGGERY — n. надувательство
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SKULDUGGERY — сущ. ; амер. ; шутл. ; тж. skullduggery мошенничество, надувательство, обман, жульничество, афера Syn: swindle 1., trickery
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SKULDUGGERY — сущ.; амер.; шутл.; тж. skullduggery мошенничество, надувательство, обман, жульничество, афера Syn: swindle 1., trickery
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SKULDUGGERY — сущ.; амер.; шутл. мошенничество, надувательство, обман Syn : swindle, cheating (американизм) (разговорное) надувательство skulduggery амер. шутл. надувательство
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKULDUGGERY — n. Variant: or skull · dug · gery Pronunciation: ˌ sk ə l- ' d ə -g( ə -)r ē …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKULDUGGERY — _n. _ам. _шутл. надувательство
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SKULDUGGERY — n. ам. шутл. надувательство
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SKULDUGGERY — _n. _ам. _шутл. надувательство
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SKULDUGGERY — Двуличность
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SKULDUGGERY — Двуличие
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SKULDUGGERY — надувательство
English-Russian vocab
SKULDUGGERY — надувательство
Англо-Русский словарь

Cambridge English vocab

← SKUA SKULK→