Skullduggery — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/skˈʌldəɡɚɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/skˈʌldəɡəɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/skˈʌldəɡəɹi/

4 syllables Say it as /skˈʌldəɡɚɹi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

skulduggery slickness trickery hanky panky hocus-pocus jiggery-pokery

Word Forms

trick	verb	deceive somebody
slick	adjective	marked by skill in deception

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schädelgraberei

verbale Falschdarstellung mit der Absicht, Sie in irgendeiner Weise auszunutzen

🇫🇷French

magouille

fausse déclaration verbale destinée à profiter de vous d'une manière ou d'une autre

🇪🇸Spanish

engaño

tergiversación verbal destinada a aprovecharse de usted de alguna manera

🇮🇹Italian

imbrogli

false dichiarazioni verbali volte a trarre vantaggio da te in qualche modo

🇳🇱Dutch

bedrog

verbale verkeerde voorstelling van zaken bedoeld om op de een of andere manier misbruik van u te maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

trapaça

deturpação verbal com a intenção de tirar vantagem de você de alguma forma

🇷🇺Russian

мошенничество с черепом

словесное введение в заблуждение с целью каким-то образом воспользоваться вами

India

🇮🇳Hindi

खोपड़ी का काम

मौखिक ग़लतबयानी का उद्देश्य किसी तरह से आपका फ़ायदा उठाना है

🇮🇳Tamil

மண்டை ஓட்டுதல்

ஏதோ ஒரு வகையில் உங்களைப் பயன்படுத்திக் கொள்ளும் நோக்கில் வாய்மொழி தவறாகக் குறிப்பிடுதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

పుర్రెలు కొట్టడం

మీ నుండి ఏదో ఒక విధంగా ప్రయోజనం పొందేందుకు ఉద్దేశించిన మౌఖిక తప్పుగా సూచించడం

🇮🇳Marathi

कवटी खोदणे

शाब्दिक चुकीचे सादरीकरण काही प्रकारे तुमचा गैरफायदा घेण्याच्या उद्देशाने आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

કંકાલ

મૌખિક ખોટી રજૂઆતનો હેતુ કોઈ રીતે તમારો લાભ લેવાનો છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಲೆಬುರುಡೆ

ಮೌಖಿಕ ತಪ್ಪು ನಿರೂಪಣೆಯು ಕೆಲವು ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಲಾಭವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯಲು ಉದ್ದೇಶಿಸಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തലയോട്ടി

ഏതെങ്കിലും വിധത്തിൽ നിങ്ങളെ പ്രയോജനപ്പെടുത്താൻ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചുള്ള വാക്കാലുള്ള തെറ്റിദ്ധാരണ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖੋਪੜੀ ਦੀ ਡੱਗਰੀ

ਜ਼ੁਬਾਨੀ ਗਲਤ ਪੇਸ਼ਕਾਰੀ ਦਾ ਇਰਾਦਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਫਾਇਦਾ ਉਠਾਉਣਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

کھوپڑی کھوپڑی

زبانی غلط بیانی کا مقصد کسی طرح سے آپ کا فائدہ اٹھانا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

诈骗

旨在以某种方式利用您的口头歪曲

🇯🇵Japanese

スカルダギー

何らかの形であなたを利用することを目的とした口頭での虚偽の表示

🇰🇷Korean

두개골 같은

어떤 식으로든 귀하를 이용하려는 의도로 이루어진 언어적 허위 진술

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trò chơi đầu lâu

xuyên tạc bằng lời nói nhằm mục đích lợi dụng bạn theo một cách nào đó

🇹🇭Thai

การขุดค้นกะโหลกศีรษะ

การแสดงข้อความอันเป็นเท็จด้วยวาจาโดยมีจุดประสงค์เพื่อเอาเปรียบคุณในทางใดทางหนึ่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kejahatan

representasi verbal yang keliru yang dimaksudkan untuk mengambil keuntungan dari Anda dengan cara tertentu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خدعة الجمجمة

تحريف لفظي يهدف إلى الاستفادة منك بطريقة ما

🇮🇷Persian

جمجمه کشی

اظهارات نادرست کلامی که قصد دارد به نحوی از شما سوء استفاده کند

🇹🇷Turkish

kafatasçılığı

bir şekilde sizden faydalanmayı amaçlayan sözlü yanlış beyan

🇮🇱Hebrew

גולגולת

מצג שווא מילולי שנועד לנצל אותך בדרך כלשהי

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The primary meaning of 'skullduggery' is 'verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way'.

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Using 'skullduggery' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'skullduggery' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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