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skullduggery

noun as in tricky behavior

Strong matches

Weak match

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What the Bullmers and company should have known is not to bring a crusading journalist aboard a boat where so much skullduggery is on the itinerary, and so many spoilers in the cargo hold.

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The false front is a bit of skullduggery that harks back to a world where conspiracy to escape detection was a part of everyday life.

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If you allow it to go into the second innings, there could be a little bit of skullduggery.

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No voter nullification, voter suppression or other skullduggery and interference will be needed.

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But it comes with all the skullduggery, wheeling and dealing, and conspiracy one would expect, as the frontrunners try to improve their chances of becoming the Vicar of Christ.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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