Noun: shenanigan shu'na-ni-gun
- Reckless or malicious behaviour that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
"The teenagers' shenanigans kept the neighbours awake";
- mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry [archaic], devilry, devilment, roguery
- The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose
"The company's financial shenanigans were exposed by journalists";
- trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile
Derived forms: shenanigans
Type of: deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, misbehavior [US], misbehaviour [Brit, Cdn], misdeed, misdoing
Encyclopedia: Shenanigan