caper
Mischievous criminal scheme
A caper is a playful leap or skip, or more broadly, a prank or escapade: The kids were cutting capers in the yard.
In crime fiction and heist movies, a caper is a robbery or scheme, often with a lighthearted tone: The movie follows a diamond caper gone wrong.
Separately, capers are the pickled flower buds of a Mediterranean shrub, used as a tangy garnish in cooking: Chicken piccata calls for lemon and capers.
Playful leaping about
- rompPlayful, spirited activity
- cavortPlay with lively movement
- friskSearch by touch
- pranceStep high and proud
skip · leap · bound · spring · dance · rollick · sport · lark
Playful trick on someone
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
- escapadeReckless, exciting adventure
- larkSongbird or escapade
adventure · tomfoolery · stunt · jest · jape · roguery · trick · hijinks
Theft through intimidation
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- safecrackerOne who breaks vaults
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
getaway · loot · accomplice · infiltration · scheme · stickup · plunder · swindle
gambol
Playful leaping about
prance · skip · leap · bound · spring · dance · rollick · sport · lark · play
prank
Playful trick on someone
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
- escapadeReckless, exciting adventure
lark · adventure · tomfoolery · stunt · jest · jape · roguery · trick · hijinks · monkeyshines
robbery
Theft through intimidation
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- safecrackerOne who breaks vaults
mastermind · getaway · loot · accomplice · infiltration · scheme · stickup · plunder · swindle · fence
brine
Water saturated with sodium
- pickledPreserved in acidic solution
- antipastoItalian appetizer course
- tapenadeSavory olive-caper spread
garnish · puttanesca · bagel · lox · tartare · piccata · remoulade · olive · anchovy · vinaigrette
shrub
Small woody plant
trailing · drought-tolerant · cultivation · harvest · bush · vine · wild
- caper family
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- playfulnessplay, frolic, romp, fun, mirth
- film genreshorror, comedy, drama, action, romance
- mystery fictionwhodunit, whodunnit, sleuth, murder mystery, detective novel
- Garnishesparsley, mint sprig, lemon wedge, lime wedge, citrus twist
- cutting capers
- caper berryMature fruit, brined
- cut capersFrolic playfully
- cut a caperPerform a playful leap