- mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan - reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
--1 is a kind of misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed
--1 has particulars:hell, blaze; monkey business; vandalism, hooliganism, malicious mischief - trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
--2 is a kind of deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
--2 has particulars:fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on; jugglery