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Noun: shenanigan  shu'na-ni-gun
  1. 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
     
  2. 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