Skulduggery (noun)
skul-dug-uhr-ee
Underhand, unscrupulous, or dishonest behaviour or activities.
An Americanism and probably a variant of sculduddery which is Scots: fornication, obscenity .
Example sentences
“Obviously with projects this momentous there’s bound to be a touch of skullduggery.”
“Measuring the volume of corporate skullduggery precisely is difficult if not impossible.”

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