hanky-panky

n. Slang

1. Devious or mischievous activity.
2. Illicit sexual activity.

[Alteration of hokey-pokey, alteration of HOCUS-POCUS.]

n

Definition: mischief
Antonyms: faithfulness, honesty

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
  Synonyms: trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fiksfakserier, hokuspokus

Nederlands (Dutch)
hocus-pocus, knoeierij, flauwekul, vrijerij

Français (French)
n. - polissonneries, friponneries

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mauschelei, Techtelmechtel, Knutscherei

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπαγαποντιά, ύποπτη συμπεριφορά, τσιλημπούρδισμα

Italiano (Italian)
imbroglio, frottola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - trapaça (f) (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
мошенничество, фокусы

Español (Spanish)
n. - trampas, supercherías, trucos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - smussel, hokuspokus, vänsterprassel, skoj, flört o kurtis

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
愚弄, 捣鬼, 欺诈

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 愚弄, 搗鬼, 欺詐

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 속임수, 마술, (성적으로) 부도덕한 행위

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ごまかし, いたずら, 不正

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إحتيال, شعوذة, دجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הונאה, רמאות, התנהגות מינית לא-נאותה‬

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