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n. - Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others; The trait of indulging in disreputable pranks.

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  • He shall learn that this kind of rascality is not permitted by the nobles of France.
  • As for "rascality," I never had but one case of anything approaching to what you call so.
  • The way he did it brought him under the just accusation of being guilty of every kind of rascality known to politics.
  • The courts rapidly lost their power, and the worst people, both Americans and Creoles, practised every kind of rascality with impunity.
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