Synonyms of the word

shenanigan

• n. (countable) A deceitful confidence trick, or mischief causing discomfort or annoyance.
• n. (rare) singular of shenanigans.

chicane

• n. (road transport, motor racing) A temporary barrier, or serpentine curve, on a vehicular path, especially…
• n. (bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honours.
• n. Chicanery.
• v. (intransitive) To use chicanery, tricks or subterfuge.
• v. (transitive) To deceive.

chicanery

• n. Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
• n. (countable, law) A slick performance by a lawyer.

deceit

• n. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
• n. An act of deceiving someone.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
• n. (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or…

deception

• n. An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

devilment

• n. devilish action or conduct; mischief.

devilry

• n. mischief.
• n. Wickedness; cruelty.
• n. An action performed with the help of a devil; witchcraft.
• n. An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty, or witchcraft.

deviltry

• n. Devilry.

dissembling

• n. The action of the verb dissemble.
• v. present participle of dissemble.

dissimulation

• n. The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
• n. Hiding one's feelings or intentions.

guile

• n. (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
• n. Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
• v. to deceive, to beguile.

misbehavior

• n. (US) Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.

misbehaviour

• n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of misbehavior.

mischief

• n. Petty annoyance.
• n. (archaic) Harm or injury.
• n. (archaic) Cause or agent of annoyance, harm, or injury.
• n. (collective) A group or a pack of rats.

mischievousness

• n. The characteristic of being mischievous; the tendency to make mischief.

misdeed

• n. That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees…

rascality

• n. Rascals collectively; the rabble, the masses.
• n. The behavior of a rascal; the quality of being a rascal.

roguery

• n. malicious or reckless behaviour.
• n. mischievous behaviour.

roguishness

• n. The property of being or appearing roguish.

trickery

• n. (uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior.
• n. (uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture.
• n. (uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
• n. (countable) An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc.

wile

• n. (usually in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice.
• v. To entice or lure.
• v. Archaic form of while, "to pass the time".