shenanigan

English Thesaurus

1. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others (noun.act)

hypernym	:	misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed,
definition	:	improper or wicked or immoral behavior (noun.act)

hyponym	:	blaze, hell,
definition	:	noisy and unrestrained mischief (noun.act)

hyponym	:	monkey business,
definition	:	mischievous or deceitful behavior (noun.act)

hyponym	:	hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism,
definition	:	willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others (noun.act)

2. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation,
definition	:	the act of deceiving (noun.act)

hyponym	:	dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on,
definition	:	something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage (noun.act)

hyponym	:	jugglery,
definition	:	artful trickery designed to achieve an end (noun.act)

3. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others (noun.act)

derivation	:	annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex,
definition	:	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	mischievous,
definition	:	deliberately causing harm or damage (adj.all)

derivation	:	blackguardly, rascally, roguish, scoundrelly,
definition	:	lacking principles or scruples (adj.all)

4. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (noun.act)

derivation	:	cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft,
definition	:	defeat someone through trickery or deceit (verb.competition)

derivation	:	flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick,
definition	:	deceive somebody (verb.social)

derivation	:	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily,
definition	:	marked by skill in deception (adj.all)

5. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others (noun.act)

derivation	:	annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex,
definition	:	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	mischievous,
definition	:	deliberately causing harm or damage (adj.all)

derivation	:	blackguardly, rascally, roguish, scoundrelly,
definition	:	lacking principles or scruples (adj.all)

6. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (noun.act)

derivation	:	cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft,
definition	:	defeat someone through trickery or deceit (verb.competition)

derivation	:	flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick,
definition	:	deceive somebody (verb.social)

derivation	:	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily,
definition	:	marked by skill in deception (adj.all)