Thesaurus results for ROGUERIES

rogueries

noun

plural of roguery

as in pranks

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke those adolescent rogueries that seemed funny at the time—but only stupid when considered in hindsight

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The Muskego Police Department is warning Muskego High School students about consequences of pranks causing damage after the department received over 20 complaints in less than two weeks.

— Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The set includes a variety of items, including a new book entitled Slappy’s Book of Pranks, which includes directions for over 20 different pranks, Slappy trivia, a history of pranking, jokes and an introduction by Stine himself.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of pranks

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These experiences can obliterate people’s ability to predict what will keep them safe.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Ukraine’s battlefield experiences may offer useful lessons for the Pentagon, which has spent decades developing and testing uncrewed aircraft for casualty evacuation missions without actually putting them into operation.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

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Now, the rock face holds a series of adventures for children and adults, including a zip line, multilevel ropes course, a via ferrata climbing route, rock climbing walls, a free-fall zone and a rappelling area.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
She is joined on select adventures by her Mini Movers, a group of young kids who move, dance, imagine and play alongside her.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026

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To make their mission abroad bearable, the doctors, nurses, administrators and soldiers of the Korean War turned to humor, especially practical jokes.

— Rachel Flynn, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
In order to make their kissing scenes even more awkward, the late Larry Hagman would play practical jokes on his Dallas costar Linda Gray.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of practical jokes

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