roguery
noun
1 roguery
Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguishness, shenanigan.
Roget 940:
improbity†;
dishonesty,
dishonor;
deviation from rectitude;
disgrace
etc.
(disrepute)
874;
fraud
etc.
(deception)
545;
lying
etc.
544;
bad faith,
Punic faith;
mala fides [Lat.],
Punica fides [Lat.];
infidelity;
faithlessness
etc.
adj.;
Judas kiss,
betrayal.
breach of promise,
breach of trust,
breach of faith;
prodition†,
disloyalty,
treason,
high treason;
apostasy
etc.
(tergiversation)
607;
nonobservance
etc.
773.
shabbiness
etc.
adj.;
villainy,
villany†;
baseness
etc.
adj.;
abjection,
debasement,
turpitude,
moral turpitude,
laxity,
trimming,
shuffling.
perfidy;
perfidiousness
etc.
adj.;
treachery,
double dealing;
unfairness
etc.
adj.;
knavery,
roguery,
rascality,
foul play;
jobbing,
jobbery;
graft,
bribery;
venality,
nepotism;
corruption,
job,
shuffle,
fishy transaction;
barratry,
sharp practice,
heads I win tails you lose;
mouth honor
etc.
(flattery)
933.
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Dutch: kattekwaad, duivelse streek, baldadigheid
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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