Word for the Week: mischief

mis·chief n.

• Behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another.
  
• An inclination or tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment.
  
• One that causes minor trouble or disturbance: The child was a mischief in school.
  
• Damage, destruction, or injury caused by a specific person or thing: The broken window was the mischief of vandals.
  
• The state or quality of being mischievous.