NOUN1 | a skulduggery | skulduggeries | |
NOUN2 | skulduggery | - | |
SYNO | hanky panky | hocus-pocus | jiggery-pokery | ... |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- When the word gets around about an important weapons shipment passing through the territory that can supposedly completely change the division of power in the Balkans, the place becomes a lively hub of deal-making and skulduggery.
- Its title refers to the custom of the College's fellows eating at High Table, and the murders and skulduggery that occurs in the series.
- The staff meanwhile eschew all modern correctional techniques, keeping the girls in their place by reinforcing their uselessness whenever possible, and failing to intervene in their most blatant acts of skulduggery.
- Meanwhile, Special Forces Captain Harry Lefferts appears in a scene suggesting skulduggery and underhanded dealings with a specific reference to Frans Hals need for money and a Frenchman willing to outbid others in the Netherlands.
- Some of the notable women in power at the time, such as the then Cabinet Minister, Mary O'Rourke, and the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's partner Celia Larkin were played by a man, and there were regular depictions of deception and skulduggery in the Dáil bar.
- World War II-era espionage stood in for the skulduggery of the art world in the remake.
- With wealth achieved from a financially beneficial marriage and some political skulduggery, he decided to develop the town.
- The action stood despite opposition from many other powerful interests in the state, especially newspapers and politicians who recognized political skulduggery when they saw it.
- Club, John Teti gave the book a "C" grade, criticizing the sections of dialogue: "Harris’ acts of embroidery drag "Console Wars" down", but also stating that "the innovation and corporate skulduggery of the Sega-Nintendo clash is so entertaining that Harris’ functional prose still tells a lively tale".
- Blinkhorn is known for publishing a number of papers, many of which have taken the form of book reviews for "Nature" magazine, including: 'Willow, Titwillow, Titwillow' (a review of Herrnstein and Murray's "The Bell Curve"); 'What skulduggery?
- This led to rumours of a 'bust-up' with the Suzuki Team, and resulted in Martin's team boss, Hector Neill, being interviewed on Manx Radio TT 365 prior to the TT, during which Neill scotched such rumours as; "Media inspired skulduggery.
- On 15 January 1998, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit drew attention to skulduggery by JİTEM; the intelligence wing of the Gendarmerie.
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