Synonyms of the word

skulduggery

• n. A devious device or trick.
• n. Underhanded or unscrupulous behavior.

deceit

• n. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
• n. An act of deceiving someone.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
• n. (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or…

deception

• n. An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

hocus-pocus

• interj. A phrase used as a magical incantation to bring about some change.
• n. A specific act of trickery or nonsense.

jiggery-pokery

• n. Trickery or misrepresentation.
• n. Manipulation.
• n. (euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.

misrepresentation

• n. Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as,…
• n. Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of…
• n. In map-making, faultiness in a map-projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different…

skullduggery

• n. Alternative form of skulduggery.

slickness

• n. The property of being slick.

trickery

• n. (uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior.
• n. (uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture.
• n. (uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
• n. (countable) An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc.