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skulduggerist

skulduggerist noun: someone who partakes in skulduggery (dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour).

Noun

skulduggerist (plural skulduggerists)

  1. (rare) Someone who partakes in skulduggery (dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour).
    • Down through the centuries various Black Science practitioners and cadre—from individual charlatans, schemers, political and fanatical snipes, and skulduggerists, to secret societies with all color of hidden agenda—every possible failing of humanity has been explored—and then exploited!—to the...2007, Haha Lung, Mind Penetration: The Ancient Art of Mental Mastery, New York, N.Y.: Citadel Press, →ISBN, page 1
    Synonyms:
    skulduggerer

Synonyms of skulduggerist

Forms of skulduggerist

pluralskulduggerists

Origin of skulduggerist

From skulduggery + -ist.

Questions about skulduggerist

What does skulduggerist mean?
Skulduggerist means someone who partakes in skulduggery (dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour).
What part of speech is skulduggerist?
Skulduggerist is a noun.
What is the plural of skulduggerist?
The plural of skulduggerist is skulduggerists.

Words near skulduggerist in the dictionary

  1. skulduggered
  2. skulduggerer
  3. skulduggerers
  4. skulduggeries
  5. skulduggering
  6. skulduggerist
  7. skulduggerists
  8. skulduggerous
  9. skulduggers
  10. skulduggery
  11. skule

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