jiggery-pokery
Underhanded shenanigans afoot
Jiggery-pokery is deceitful or dishonest behavior, especially secretive manipulation or trickery: There's been some jiggery-pokery with the accounts.
The word is chiefly British and carries a tone of mild disapproval rather than serious accusation—more mischief than crime.
I don't trust him; there's always some jiggery-pokery going on.
Playful mischievous acts
- high jinksBoisterous, playful behavior
- monkeyshinesFrivolous or mischievous behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
roguery · shenanigans · horseplay · larks · skylarking · frolics · buffoonery · capers
Deliberate deception or fraud
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- duperyCalculated misleading of another
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
- fakeryDeliberate deception or pretense
scam · swindle · bamboozlement · deceit · duplicity · hoodwinking · manipulation · flimflam
Skillful hand-based deception
- prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- sleight-of-handSkillful manual deception
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
illusion · magic · hocus-pocus · trickery · manipulation · dexterity · palming · card tricks
Senseless talk or writing
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
- baloneyFoolish talk, slang
- hooeyInformal term for nonsense
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
bunkum · poppycock · claptrap · twaddle · codswallop · drivel · gibberish · mumbo-jumbo
Cunning in manner
- craftinessShrewd, devious cleverness
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- wilinessShrewd deceptive cleverness
- artfulnessClever, crafty skill
shrewdness · deviousness · scheming · calculating · underhandedness · foxiness · slipperiness · sneakiness
pranks
Playful mischievous acts
- high jinksBoisterous, playful behavior
- monkeyshinesFrivolous or mischievous behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
antics · roguery · shenanigans · horseplay · larks · skylarking · frolics · buffoonery · capers · malarkey
trickery
Deliberate deception or fraud
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- duperyCalculated misleading of another
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
fakery · scam · swindle · bamboozlement · deceit · duplicity · hoodwinking · manipulation · flimflam · skulduggery
legerdemain
Skillful hand-based deception
- prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- sleight-of-handSkillful manual deception
misdirection · illusion · magic · hocus-pocus · trickery · manipulation · dexterity · palming · card tricks · smoke and mirrors
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
rubbish · bunkum · poppycock · claptrap · twaddle · codswallop · drivel · gibberish · mumbo-jumbo · piffle
slyness
Cunning in manner
- craftinessShrewd, devious cleverness
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- wilinessShrewd deceptive cleverness
artfulness · shrewdness · deviousness · scheming · calculating · underhandedness · foxiness · slipperiness · sneakiness · conniving
- Whimsy Wordsgobbledygook, gibberish, mumbo jumbo, hogwash, balderdash
- magic wordsabracadabra, alakazam, hocus pocus, presto, open sesame
jiggery-pokeryhonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
straightforwardness · candor · forthrightness · sincerity · directness
jiggery-pokeryfair play
Honorable conduct in games
fair dealing · legitimacy · square dealing · propriety · rectitude