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- adjective rare Involving
skullduggery ;tricky ,underhand .
Etymologies
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Examples
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While most of his experience was in the justice department he, like Negroponte, has been part of the Baker-Reagan-Bush cabal that is titillated by skullduggerous intelligence and its use for foreign interventionism.
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He closed his eyes, replayed the opening credits, recalled the slinking, skullduggerous beat of the score, and chuckled softly.
Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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He closed his eyes, replayed the opening credits, recalled the slinking, skullduggerous beat of the score, and chuckled softly.
The Otherworld Lackey, Mercedes 1992
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‘Let’s run to where the US has a military presence that’s pissing off our relative!’), shipping them off home to ensure their safety wasn’t exactly a skullduggerous move.
Think Progress » When All Else Fails, Start Fear Mongering 2005
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