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Shenanigan   /ʃənˈænɪgən/   Listen
Shenanigan

noun
1.
Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.  Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness.
2.
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).  Synonyms: chicane, chicanery, guile, trickery, wile.





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"Shenanigan" Quotes from Famous Books



... well satisfied. Therefore, hold on to the "Mountain House," for it is a "big thing." Touch it lightly, as far as money is concerned, though, for it is well to reserve the code of justice in the matter of quartz ledges—that is, consider them all (and their owners) guilty (of "shenanigan") until ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain


Words linked to "Shenanigan" :   vandalism, devilry, dissimulation, humbug, hooliganism, blaze, dissembling, hell, misdeed, hoax, dupery, misbehaviour, malicious mischief, fraudulence, monkey business, chicanery, jugglery, misbehavior, fraud, chicane, deception, put-on, deceit, mischief-making


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