All hanky-panky synonyms

noun hanky-panky

• amour — An amour is a love affair, especially one which is kept secret.
• chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
• dalliance — If two people have a brief romantic relationship, you can say that they have a dalliance with each other, especially if they do not take it seriously.
• deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
• dirty pool — unethical, unfair, or unsportsmanlike conduct.
• double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
• fling — to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to fling a stone.
• flirtation — the act or practice of flirting; coquetry.
• fraud — deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
• liaison — the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
• love affair — a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour.
• mischief — conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
• monkey business — frivolous or mischievous behavior.
• romance — Music. a short, simple melody, vocal or instrumental, of tender character.
• shenanigans — Usually, shenanigans. mischief; prankishness: Halloween shenanigans. deceit; trickery.
• skullduggery — skulduggery.
• subterfuge — an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
• trickery — the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
• devilry — reckless or malicious fun or mischief
• chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
• funny business — improper or unethical conduct, as deception or trickery: He won't stand for any funny business here.
• hokey-pokey — hocus-pocus; trickery.
• knavery — action or practice characteristic of a knave.
• machinations — an act or instance of machinating.
• sharp practice — You can use sharp practice to refer to an action or a way of behaving, especially in business or professional matters, that you think is clever but dishonest.