mischiefe

Noun

mischief (countable and uncountable, plural mischiefs)

1. (uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
   • Drink led to mischief.

   Synonyms:

   delinquency, naughtiness, roguery, scampishness, atrociousness, awfulness, badness, corruption, corruptness, criminality

2. (countable) A playfully annoying action.
   • John's mischief, tying his shoelaces together, irked George at first.
3. (collective) A nest or pack of mice or rats.
   • Kirac, the leader of the rats under his charge, speaks to the major through his telepathic abilities that manifested after the alien virus infected him and his mischief of rats.2014, G. W. Rennie, The Rat Chronicles, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 21
4. (archaic, uncountable) Harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.
   • She had mischief in her heart.
5. (archaic, countable) An injury or an instance of harm or trouble caused by a person or other agent or cause.
   • It may end in her doing a great mischief to herself—and perhaps to others too.
6. A criminal offence defined in various ways in various jurisdictions, sometimes including causing damage to another's property.

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