Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rascality"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rascality \Ras*cal`i*ty\, n.; pl. {Rascalities}
1. The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean
trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.
2. The poorer and lower classes of people. [Obs.]
The chief heads of their clans with their several
rascalities --T. Jackson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rascality
n 1: the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks [syn: {prankishness},
{roguishness}]
2: the quality of being a slippery rascal [syn: {shiftiness}, {slipperiness},
{trickiness}]
3: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
annoyance in others [syn: {mischief}, {mischief-making}, {mischievousness},
{deviltry}, {devilry}, {devilment}, {roguery}, {roguishness},
{shenanigan}]
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