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Noun: shenanigan  shu'na-ni-gun
  1. Reckless or malicious behaviour that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
    - mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness
     
  2. The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
    - trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile

Derived forms: shenanigans

Type of: deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, misbehavior [US], misbehaviour [Brit, Cdn], misdeed, misdoing

Encyclopedia: Shenanigan