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Definitions

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  • adjective Making mischief; naughty, prankish.
  • noun The making of mischief; troublemaking.

Etymologies

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mischief +‎ making

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Examples

  • He also accused the authors of a independent report on the astrocities, leaked last month to and published in South African newspapers, of "mischiefmaking" and of attempting to stir up old tribal animosities.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • However, Mbeki's failure to clear him of any mischiefmaking had created a wrong impression in the eyes of the media and the public,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • But Holomisa later said Mbeki's failure to publically clear him any mischiefmaking in relation to his remarks about Sigcau had created a wrong impression in the eyes of the media and the public.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • But Holomisa later said Mbeki's failure to publicly clear him of any mischiefmaking had created a wrong impression in the eyes of the media and the public.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • This was accompanied by mischiefmaking by Western-Cape MEC for

    ANC PRESS STATEMENT RE THE NP MANIPULATION OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS 1995

  • This was accompanied by mischiefmaking by Western-Cape MEC for

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • They became a constant, mischiefmaking, adventurous twosome.

    Portrait of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1986

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