English noun: shenanigan |
1. | shenanigan (act) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
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| Synonyms | devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | blaze, hell, hooliganism, malicious mischief, monkey business, vandalism |
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2. | shenanigan (act) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
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| Synonyms | chicane, chicanery, guile, trickery, wile |
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| Broader (hypernym) | deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, jugglery, put-on |
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