roguery
nounEtymology From rogue + -ery.
1
malicious or reckless behaviour
- Sincerely I begin to wish I had never made such a Point of gaining so very good a character, for it has led me into so many curst Rogueries that I doubt I shall be exposed at last.1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.ii:
2
mischievous behaviour