Can I commend to you an adjective I'd never encountered before? It's "skulduggerous" and the OED citation would run something like this: "2012 Roger Barton The Fish Market: Inside Billingsgate – 'I've never dealt with such a skulduggerous bunch in all my life and I've dealt with some real villains'."

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Police remove Occupy protesters from St Paul’s Cathedral last month

Christians were dragged from St Paul’s while they prayed

A group of Anglican clerics have called on St Paul's Cathedral to fully explain why praying Christians were dragged by police from the steps of the famous landmark during the eviction of the Occupy London Stock Exchange camp.

The square cleared for the first time in months

Unoccupied: Life after the camp

The tents have been cleared – but what now for the protesters, or for St Paul's Cathedral?

Evicted St Paul's protesters remain defiant

Anti-capitalist protesters have warned that they will not be "derailed" after their camp was cleared from outside St Paul's Cathedral.

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Debris is cleared away from the Occupy protest camp outside Saint Paul's Cathedral in central London as police and bailiffs evict demonstrators.

Occupy London protesters evicted from St Paul's site

Demonstrators who have been camped outside St Paul's Cathedral in London since October last year were finally evicted on last night as riot police and bailiffs moved in after dark, dragging both tents and protesters away.

Lawyers for the Occupy London protesters are appealing

'Occupy London' eviction appeal is rejected by judges

Protesters camped outside St Paul's Cathedral are facing removal after judges rejected their application to appeal the order for their eviction.

St Paul's protesters lose battle against eviction

Protesters have been refused permission to appeal against their eviction from the Occupy London camp outside St Paul's Cathedral.

<p><strong>Anti-capitalist protest</strong><br/><em>16 October</em></p>
<p>Members of the Occupy movement in front of St Paul's Cathedral, as part of a global wave of protests (inspired by the 'Occupy Wall Street' and 'Indignant' movements) against the excesses of capitalism. Demonstrators also gathered near the London Stock Exchange. The St Paul's camp remained in place for more than two months</p>

St Paul's protesters consider calling time on occupation

Protesters camped outside St Paul’s Cathedral will meet this evening to decide whether to call time on an occupation which has seen the resignation of three senior members of the church after judges rejected their application to appeal an order for their eviction.

Occupy protesters leave Barbican

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Occupy London protesters take over fifth London site

Occupy London protesters have taken over an eight-storey office building in the City despite warnings it is unsafe.

Lawyers for the Occupy London protesters are appealing

City wins legal bid to evict Occupy London protesters

Judge’s ruling means ‘Tent City’ at St Paul’s can be cleared next week

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Members of the Occupy London protest movement have won the right to stay in an office block belonging to the investment bank UBS over the Christmas and New Year period after a High Court judge granted them leave to take their case to the Court of Appeal.

Multi Millionaires Richard Farleigh, Duncan Bannatyne, Theo Paphiitis, Deborah Meaden and Peter Jones evaluate the investment potential of an idea pitched by a budding entrepreneur, on the BBC2 programme ' Dragon's Den'.

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