devilment
devilish action or conduct; deviltry.
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How to use devilment in a sentence
The bad part is that people like this are being used in the larger hyper-partisan devilment.
But according to another legend he was a mere mortal, who had in life bitter experience of the devilment of his peculiar deity.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramHe said that I was learnin' 'em nobody knowed whut devilment.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. Cobb"Pretty much what he always was doing,—mischief and devilment," said the Knight, half angrily.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) | Charles James Lever"I know things is wrong on Trigger,—I am afeared Todd is at his devilment again," he said.
Mothering on Perilous | Lucy S. Furman
What devilment was the reef hatching now, that its claws should relax their clutch on the pillar and its icy spray be withheld?
The Pillar of Light | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for devilment
/ (ˈdɛvəlmənt) /
devilish or mischievous conduct
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