underhanded
81gestapo — noun (plural pos) Etymology: German, from Geheime Staatspolizei, literally, secret state police Date: 1934 a secret police organization employing underhanded and terrorist methods against persons suspected of disloyalty …
82hanky-panky — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1841 1. questionable or underhanded activity 2. sexual dalliance …
83hatchet man — noun Date: 1880 1. one hired for murder, coercion, or attack 2. a. a writer specializing in invective b. a person hired to perform underhanded or unscrupulous tasks (as ruin reputations) …
84hustle — verb (hustled; hustling) Etymology: Dutch husselen to shake, from Middle Dutch hutselen, frequentative of hutsen Date: 1720 transitive verb 1. a. jostle, shove b. to convey forcibly or hurriedly c. to urge forward precipitately …
85jerk around — transitive verb Date: 1932 to treat badly especially by being underhanded or inconsistent …
86jiggery-pokery — noun Etymology: probably alteration of Scots joukery pawkery, from jouk to dodge, cheat + pawk trick, wile Date: circa 1892 underhanded manipulation or dealings ; trickery …
87lurk — intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle High German lūren to lie in wait more at lower Date: 14th century 1. a. to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose b. to move furtively or inconspicuously c …
88pettifogger — noun Etymology: probably from petty + obsolete English fogger pettifogger Date: 1576 1. a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable ; shyster 2. one given to quibbling over trifles • pettifogging adjective or noun •… …
89skulduggery — or skullduggery noun (plural geries) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1867 underhanded or unscrupulous behavior; also a devious device or trick …
90sneaking — adjective Date: 1582 1. mean, contemptible 2. characteristic of a sneak ; furtive, underhanded 3. a. not openly expressed or acknowledged < a sneaking respect for culture H. A. Burton > b. that is a persistent conjecture < a …
