(now Scotland) The causing of damage or terror; rampaging.

(obsolete) To destroy. / (now Scotland) To damage, do harm to; to injure.

simple past tense and past participle of mischieve

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mischieve

In a mischievous manner.

Causing mischief; injurious. / Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.

plural of mischievousness

The characteristic of being mischievous; the tendency to make mischief.