escapade

escapade
/es"keuh payd', es'keuh payd"/, n.
1. a reckless adventure or wild prank.
2. an escape from confinement or restraint.
[1645-55; < F < Sp escapada, equiv. to escap(ar) to ESCAPE + -ada -ADE1]
Syn. caper, antic, caprice.

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