Mischief and Trick

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Mischief noun - Playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm.

Usage example: the children claimed that setting off a firecracker was harmless mischief, but they got a lecture anyway

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Trick is a synonym for mischief in chicanery topic. In some cases you can use "Trick" instead a noun "Mischief".

Trick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Mischief is a synonym for trick in chicanery topic. Sometimes you can use "Mischief" instead a noun "Trick".

Nearby Words: tricky, trickery, trickle, tricked, trickster

good	good mischief	good trick
usual	usual mischief	usual trick
real	real mischief	real trick
little	little mischief	little trick
Other adjectives: underhanded, novel, psychological, classic, next, latest, greatest, favorite.

Heck, she managed to trick the Monkey King, who is essentially the embodiment of mischief and trickery!

Source: Guile Hero
It usually suggests an amount of mischief, if not outright wickedness, since it may not be so much a plan to trick the hero as their own little perversion.

Source: Shapeshifting Squick
An anonymous individual on Reddit came up with the following trick: Can't remember your work computer's password without writing it down, but don't want some passer-by with nefarious intentions to get up to mischief with your login details while you're out of the room?

Source: Hidden in Plain Sight

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