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shenanigan in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
    trickery  chicanery  chicane  guile  wile  shenanigan 
  2. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
    mischief  mischief-making  mischievousness  deviltry  devilry  devilment  rascality  roguery  roguishness  shenanigan 
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shenanigan in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) trickery/Trickery, games; skulduggery. To "call", "claim" or "declare" shenanigans is to rhetorically and ironically label something as officially deceitful, improper, or otherwise incorrect.
  2. (noun) A deceitful confidence trick, or mischief causing discomfort or annoyance. Often the term is used in the plural: shenanigans. The word may have come from the Irish language, however in some regions, shenanigans can merely be harmless mischievous play, especially by children.
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