/skul dug"euh ree/ , n. , pl. skulduggeries .
1. dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery: bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery.
2. an instance of dishonest or deceitful behavior; trick.
Also, skullduggery, sculduggery, scullduggery .
[ 1705-15, Amer.; var. of SCULDUDDERY, orig. Scots: fornication, obscenity ]