devilment

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

devilment
    n 1: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
         annoyance in others [syn: {mischief}, {mischief-making},
         {mischievousness}, {deviltry}, {devilry}, {devilment},
         {rascality}, {roguery}, {roguishness}, {shenanigan}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Devilment \Dev"il*ment\, n.
   Deviltry. --Bp. Warburton.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

70 Moby Thesaurus words for "devilment":
      aggravation, annoyance, bad news, bedevilment, bitchiness, bore,
      bother, botheration, bothersomeness, crashing bore, cussedness,
      devilishness, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, difficulty, dogging,
      downer, drag, elfishness, evil intent, exasperation, foolishness,
      harassment, harmfulness, harrying, hatefulness, headache,
      high spirits, hounding, impishness, iniquitousness, invidiousness,
      maleficence, malice, malice aforethought, malice prepense,
      maliciousness, malignance, malignancy, malignity, meanness,
      mischief, mischievousness, molestation, nastiness, noxiousness,
      nuisance, orneriness, persecution, pest, playfulness, prankishness,
      pranksomeness, problem, puckishness, roguery, roguishness,
      scampishness, sportiveness, trial, trouble, vexation,
      vexatiousness, waggery, waggishness, wickedness, worriment, worry,
      youthful spirits