rascality

  • 51roguery — /roh geuh ree/, n., pl. rogueries. 1. roguish conduct; rascality. 2. playful mischief. [1590 1600; ROGUE + ERY] * * * …

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  • 52deception — de·cep·tion /di sep shən/ n 1: an act of deceiving 2: something that deceives: deceit Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 53rascalry — noun a) Rascally behavior. The Dutch war, the rights of election, contests between king and parliament on questions of vital importance, the plots, rascalries, the shame and humiliation of the time, must have been in mens thoughts. b) Rascals.… …

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  • 54mischief — noun /ˈmɪstʃɨf,ˈmɪʃtʃɨf/ a) Harm or evil caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause. b) One who causes mischief. In a milder sense, one who causes petty annoyances. mischief maker. Syn: agitation, annoyance, corruption, damage,… …

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  • 55artifice — ar·ti·fice / är tə fəs/ n: a clever strategy usu. intended to deceive or defraud Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. artifice …

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  • 56mischief — I noun annoyance, criminality, cruelty, damage, damnum, danger, detriment, devilment, deviltry, disservice, evil, evil conduct, fault, foul play, frolicsomeness, harm, harmful action, hurt, ill consequence, impishness, incommodum, infliction,… …

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  • 57ill-repute — I noun bad name, bad repute, baseness, contemptibility, contemptibleness, degradation, disapproval, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, dishonor, dislike, disreputability, disreputation, disrespectability, improperness, impropriety, infamy, notoriety …

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  • 58improbity — I noun artfulness, breach of trust, corruption, craftiness, crookedness, deceit, deceitfulness, deviousness, dishonesty, disingenuity, disingenuousness, duplicity, falsehood, falseness, falsity, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, furtiveness, graft …

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  • 59knavery — I noun artfulness, artifice, beguilement, cheat, cheating, chicanery, circumvention, corruption, cozenage, craft, craftiness, criminality, cunning, cunningness, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, defraudation, deviousness, dishonesty, double… …

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  • 60misdoing — I noun badness, blunder, bungle, crime, cruel act, culpability, delinquency, deviation from rectitude, dishonesty, disorderly conduct, dutilessness, error, evildoing, fault, foul play, guilty act, illegality, immorality, improbity, impropriety,… …

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