He accused James of mischief-making by raising allegations against Mr Aitken.
Synonym
devilment old-fashioned
See also
Meaning of mischief-making in English
(Definition of mischief-making from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of mischief-making
mischief-making
It is extraordinarily vague and has the potential for great confusion, disruption and mischief-making.
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It is precisely that type of political mischief-making that so enormously depresses the 1 million people who work in the health service.
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That statement is the worst sort of mischief-making.
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The opportunity for malice and mischief-making is encouraged by establishing a timetable of that kind.
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Does my noble friend agree that that is part of the mischief-making of this pre-election period?
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It would be a recipe for mischief-making and would be in no one's interest.
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The idle hands have turned themselves from self-aggrandisement to mischief-making.
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At the same time one has to assume a certain amount of natural exuberance and extravagant language when they are mischief-making about the world.
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I believe that this lack, or this gap, offers a fertile vacuum for mischief-making.
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Therefore, there is little scope for mischief-making here.
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I am not a lawyer, but mischief-making is another matter.
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But they are not only ignorant, they are wickedly malicious and mischief-making, too.
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Is it not foolishness and mischief-making to believe that the position has got worse as a result of the agreement?
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There has been an awful lot of mischief-making in the press about the matter.
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The only object of the exercise could have been to try to get the maximum publicity for a mischief-making sordid manoeuvre.
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