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What (who) is mischief-maker - definition

WRONGFUL ACT OR PETTY ANNOYANCE
Malicious mischief; Criminal Mischief; Mischievousness; Mischievous; Mischiefs; Waggishly; Waggishness; Criminal mischief; Waggish
  • H. Brückner, ''Mischief'' (1874)

mischief-maker      
(mischief-makers)
If you say that someone is a mischief-maker, you are criticizing them for saying or doing things which are intended to cause trouble between people.
The letter had come from an unknown mischief-maker.
N-COUNT [disapproval]
Mischief-maker      
·noun One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.
Mischief Theatre         
BRITISH THEATRE COMPANY SPECIALISING IN COMEDY
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Mischief Theatre is a British theatre company founded in 2008 by a group of students from The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art in West London, and directed by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. The group originally began by doing improvised comedy shows, but by 2012 they expanded into comedic theatrical performances that includes choreographed routines, jokes, and stunts.

Wikipedia

Mischief

Mischief or malicious mischief is the name for a criminal offenses that is defined differently in different legal jurisdictions. While the wrongful acts will often involve what is popularly described as vandalism, there can be a legal differentiation between vandalism and mischief. The etymology of the word comes from Old French meschief, which means "misfortune", from meschever, "to end badly".

Examples of use of mischief-maker
1. It‘s from here that things get sticky & messy … So you are the mischief–maker… Yes!
2. Such a mischief maker, I tell you» she smiles eyeing him follow TinTin around,» she remarks.
3. Brownfield is a "mischief–maker," says Larry Birns, director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, a Washington think tank.
4. Fellow mischief–maker and naturist Margaret Beckett (who says caravanning‘s boring?!). Tessa Jowell: just before their split, she and David found time to send my details to the Boden catalogue – a kindness that earned them nothing more than a free 5 voucher.
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