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MALICIOUS MISCHIEF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malicious mischief mean? 

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF (noun)
  The noun MALICIOUS MISCHIEF has 1 sense:

1. willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of othersplay

  Familiarity information: MALICIOUS MISCHIEF used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MALICIOUS MISCHIEF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

hooliganism; malicious mischief; vandalism

Hypernyms ("malicious mischief" is a kind of...):

destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)

devilment; devilry; deviltry; mischief; mischief-making; mischievousness; rascality; roguery; roguishness; shenanigan (reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others)


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