shenanigan
shuh na ni guhn
- n reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
- n the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- Obama could never get away with the kind of sexual shenanigans that Clinton did, he mused, because Michelle wouldn't stand for it: "She would impeach him herself!".
- The plaintiffs' attorneys had heard tales of "defense shenanigans" during the criminal case, so their first step was the installation of a complex alarm system to guard against .
- Fed up with her temperamental shenanigans, the Metropolitan Opera fires soprano Kathleen Battle.