skullduggery

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And while I don't mean to imply such statistical skullduggery was the testing industry's official stance, neither could it have been unknown that such things regularly occurred.

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  • Gloria smiled 25 T HINKING OF OLD Masters and skullduggery, as I was, you can't help thinking of one of the kindest, brightest blokes who ever was. —  dummy 3
  • She would listen to his dinnertime stories of corporate skullduggery, his defense of ground well poisoning, the illicit dumping of toxic waste, cruel animal experiments, a dozen other offenses against man and beast, and an activist was born. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 01 - January 2001
  • For readers who want even more Eastern European skullduggery, Alan Furst's —  Kesher Talk
  • The sober conclusion Ferguson draws from this fascinating story of financial incontinence and skullduggery is that property ownership is not the "magic bullet" it is often claimed to be. —  Powell's Books: Overview
  • We have all painfully learned that the nation has no shortage of angry, fearful and violent people on a short fuse; we know exactly to whom this sort of skullduggery is aimed. —  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy
 

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  1. Probably alteration of Scots sculduddery, obscenity, fornication.
 

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