devilry

noun

Annoying yet harmless, usually playful acts: deviltry, diablerie, high jinks, impishness, mischief, mischievousness, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, tomfoolery. Informal shenanigan (often used in plural). See good/bad.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: wicked and cruel behavior
  Synonym: deviltry

Meaning #2: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
  Synonyms: mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - djævelskhed, heksekunster, djævelen og alle hans gerninger

Nederlands (Dutch)
ondeugendheid, slechtheid

Français (French)
n. - malice, (folle) témérité, malignité, méchanceté (diabolique)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Teufelskunst, Teufelei, Unfug

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σατανική συμπεριφορά ή πράξη, διαβολιά, σατανισμός, μαύρη μαγεία, κασκαρίκες

Italiano (Italian)
diavoleria

Português (Portuguese)
n. - diabrura (f), maldade (f)

Русский (Russian)
черная магия, жестокость, проказа

Español (Spanish)
n. - maldad, crueldad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - trolldom, djävulens verk, sattyg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
恶行, 恶作剧, 妖术

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 惡行, 惡作劇, 妖術

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 악마의 소행, 무모한 장난, (집합적) 악마

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 悪魔の所業, 極悪非道の行為

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سحر أو شعوذة, وحشيه شديدة, سلوك متهور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תעלול, שדיות, עליזות‬

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