Skulduggery
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- A devious device or trick.
- Underhanded or unscrupulous behavior.
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Etymology
1856, apparently an alteration of Scottish sculdudrie "adultery", sculduddery "bawdry, obscenity", a euphemism of uncertain origin..
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