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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Devilment \Dev"il*ment\, noun Deviltry. --Bp. Warburton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
devilment
noun: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others [syn: {mischief}, {mischief-making}, {mischievousness}, {deviltry}, {devilry}, {rascality}, {roguery}, {roguishness}, {shenanigan}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "devilment": aggravation, annoyance, bad news, bedevilment, bitchiness, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, crashing bore, cussedness, devilishness, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, difficulty, dogging, downer, drag, elfishness, evil intent, exasperation, foolishness, harassment, harmfulness, harrying, hatefulness, headache, high spirits, hounding, impishness, iniquitousness, invidiousness, maleficence, malice, malice aforethought, malice prepense, maliciousness, malignance, malignancy, malignity, meanness, mischief, mischievousness, molestation, nastiness, noxiousness, nuisance, orneriness, persecution, pest, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, problem, puckishness, roguery, roguishness, scampishness, sportiveness, trial, trouble, vexation, vexatiousness, waggery, waggishness, wickedness, worriment, worry, youthful spirits
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