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  • 21deviltry — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rascality, roguery, trouble; see mischief 3 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Annoying yet harmless, usually playful acts: devilry, diablerie, high jinks, impishness, mischief, mischievousness, prankishness, rascality,… …

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  • 22mischievousness — noun 1. an attribute of mischievous children • Syn: ↑naughtiness, ↑badness • Derivationally related forms: ↑naughty (for: ↑naughtiness) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 23roguishness — noun 1. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others • Syn: ↑mischief, ↑mischief making, ↑mischievousness, ↑deviltry, ↑devilry, ↑devilment, ↑rascality, ↑roguery, ↑ …

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  • 24Briberies — Bribery Brib er*y, n.; pl. {Briberies}. [OE. brybery rascality, OF. briberie. See {Bribe}, n.] 1. Robbery; extortion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action …

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  • 25Bribery — Brib er*y, n.; pl. {Briberies}. [OE. brybery rascality, OF. briberie. See {Bribe}, n.] 1. Robbery; extortion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of… …

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  • 26Bribery oath — Bribery Brib er*y, n.; pl. {Briberies}. [OE. brybery rascality, OF. briberie. See {Bribe}, n.] 1. Robbery; extortion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action …

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  • 27Rascaldom — Ras cal*dom ( d[u^]m), n. State of being a rascal; rascality; domain of rascals; rascals, collectively. Emerson. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 28Scoundrelism — Scoun drel*ism, n. The practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality. Cotgrave. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 29knavery — noun (plural eries) Date: 1528 1. a. rascality b. a roguish or mischievous act 2. obsolete roguish mischief …

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  • 30Anti-psychiatry — See also: Biopsychiatry controversy Anti psychiatry refers to a post 1960s configuration of groups and theoretical constructs hostile to most of the fundamental assumptions and practices of psychiatry. Its igniting influences were Michel Foucault …

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