roguery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
roguery
    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
Roguery \Rogu"er*y\, n.
   1. The life of a vargant. [Obs.]
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   2. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud;
      dishonest practices.
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            'Tis no scandal grown,
            For debt and roguery to quit the town. --Dryden.
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   3. Arch tricks; mischievousness.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "roguery":
      baseness, chicanery, degradation, devilishness, devilment, devilry,
      deviltry, elfishness, foolishness, high spirits, impishness,
      knavery, knavishness, mischief, mischievousness, moral turpitude,
      playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, puckishness, rascality,
      rascalry, reprobacy, roguishness, scampishness, scoundrelism,
      sportiveness, turpitude, vileness, villainousness, villainy,
      waggery, waggishness, youthful spirits
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