Noun: jiggery-pokery 'ji-gu-ree'pow-ku-ree
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Dishonest and underhand behaviour
"The auditors uncovered financial jiggery-pokery in the company's accounts";
- trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky-panky, skulduggery, skullduggery, sculduggery [rare]
Type of: deceit, deception, misrepresentation