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jiggery-pokery

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++jig·ger·y-po·ker·y /ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpəʊkəri $ -ˈpoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]  British English informalDISHONEST secret dishonest activity to make something seem what it is not 诈骗;骗局 There’s been some jiggery-pokery with the figures. 这些数字被做了手脚。
Examples from the Corpus
jiggery-pokeryThis kind of jiggery-pokery does them a disservice.But according to these figures there's been some jiggery-pokery with the room rates.
jig·ger·y-po·ker·y nounChineseSyllable
something make activity dishonest secret to Corpus


jiggery-pokery
jiggery-pokery /ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpəʊkəri $ -ˈpoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]
British English informal secret dishonest activity to make something seem what it is not:
    There’s been some jiggery-pokery with the figures.


jiggery-pokeryBrE /ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpəʊkəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpoʊkəri/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (informal, especially BrE) dishonest behaviour 欺骗行为;骗局;捣鬼