skulduggery
/skʌlˈdʌgərɪ/(亦作skullduggery)
noun
mass noun
- underhand or unscrupulous behaviour; trickery阴谋诡计, 欺骗, 诈骗：
a firm that investigates commercial skulduggery.
一家调查商业诈骗的公司。
词源
mid 19th cent.: alteration of Scots sculduddery, of unknown origin.