| 单词 | skulduggery |
| 释义 | skulduggery noun[U] (alsoskullduggery)uk/ˌskʌlˈdʌɡ.ər.i/us/ˌskʌlˈdʌɡ.ɚ.i/secretanddishonestbehaviour 欺骗行为；诡计Synonyms jiggery-pokeryold-fashionedinformal trickerydisapproving Lies, lying & hypocrisy
Examplesofskulduggeryskulduggery A special commission, chaired by the mayor, reviewed these valuations, an arrangement that offered ample scope forskulduggery. From theCambridge English Corpus This provided the first opportunity forskulduggery. From theCambridge English Corpus They are all juggling around, and a lot ofskulduggeryis going on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not seek to prevent suchskulduggery, but we do wish to prevent exit polls that arise from actual voting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall then know whether the government indulged in anyskulduggeryduring 1960. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The third way of providing pictures was to rely onskulduggery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a good deal ofskulduggeryand there is a great deal more. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is behind all this procrastination, this evasion, this double-crossing, double-dealing and sheerskulduggerywe have had to put up this? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For the uninitiated, the mere mention of the words "overseas trust" raises the suspicion that someskulduggeryis going on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That kind ofskulduggeryis not yet dead—not by a long way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think "skulduggery" might be a bit of poetic licence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The present procedure is miserable and deceitful, nothing short ofskulduggery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They get into their positions by politicalskulduggeryand by certain pressures that are put on them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So it seems that this form ofskulduggeryhas also been going on for some time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I asked what reassurance he could give to those who, like myself, had been prisoners that there had not been anyskulduggery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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