roguery
Charming criminal behavior
Roguery is dishonest or mischievous behavior, the conduct of a rogue.
The word can describe actual deceit or criminality, but more often suggests playful troublemaking: His eyes sparkled with roguery.
The tone is usually light—roguery implies charm rather than malice.
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
- knaveDishonest, unprincipled person
- rapscallionMischievous person, usually endearing
- scalawagAffectionate term for rogue
- rascalLovable troublemaker
scamp · vagabond · picaroon · adventurer · wastrel · reprobate · blackguard · varlet
Dishonest or crafty conduct
- rascalityDishonest or mischievous conduct
- skulduggeryDishonest or unscrupulous behavior
- villainyCriminal or evil behavior
- blackguardismUnscrupulous or dishonorable conduct
ne'er-do-well · caddishness · unscrupulousness · shiftiness · deviltry · perfidy · treachery · dishonor
Sly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
swindle · con · trickery · artifice · chicanery · sleight · fraud · hoax
Playful troublesome behavior
- prankPlayful trick on someone
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
- japeMocking trick or quip
- jestHumorous remark or act
lark · shenanigans · high jinks · monkey business · capers · escapade · skylarking · devilry
Stylishly dissolute bearing
- suavityPolished social manner
- witClever, inventive humor
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- smoothnessFreedom from irregularity
gallantry · audacity · brazenness · impudence · cheekiness · insouciance · swagger · bravado
scoundrel
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
- knaveDishonest, unprincipled person
- rapscallionMischievous person, usually endearing
- scalawagAffectionate term for rogue
rascal · scamp · vagabond · picaroon · adventurer · wastrel · reprobate · blackguard · varlet · cad
knavery
Dishonest or crafty conduct
- rascalityDishonest or mischievous conduct
- skulduggeryDishonest or unscrupulous behavior
- villainyCriminal or evil behavior
blackguardism · ne'er-do-well · caddishness · unscrupulousness · shiftiness · deviltry · perfidy · treachery · dishonor · infamy
guile
Sly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
cunning · swindle · con · trickery · artifice · chicanery · sleight · fraud · hoax · bamboozlement
mischief
Playful troublesome behavior
jest · lark · shenanigans · high jinks · monkey business · capers · escapade · skylarking · devilry · impishness
rakishness
Stylishly dissolute bearing
smoothness · gallantry · audacity · brazenness · impudence · cheekiness · insouciance · swagger · bravado · panache
prankster
Someone who plays tricks
- misbehaviormisbehave, misbehavior, mischief, misconduct, naughty
- mischiefmischief, hijinks, antics, pranks, antic
- audacityboldness, brazenness, audacity, chutzpah, gall
- deceptionslie, lies, lying, deceit, decoy
- merrimentmirth, laugh, gaiety, merriment, chuckle
- witticismsquips, witticisms, witticism, bon mots, bon mot
rogueryhonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
integrity · virtue · uprightness · rectitude · probity
rogueryseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
solemnity · gravity · gravitas · solemnness · earnestness
- rogues galleryArchive of criminal photographs
- going rogueActing independently, against authority
- went rogueAbandoned expected allegiance
- gone rogueAbandoned loyalty or protocol
- go rogueDefy authority independently
- rogue wavesUnpredictable giant ocean swells