carrying-onnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌkær.i.ɪŋˈɒn/us/ˌker.i.ɪŋˈɑːn/plural carryings-onactivity that is not honest or moral:
The company seems to have been involved in some rather dishonest carrying-on.
The newspapers were full of politicians' carryings-on.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Crime - general words
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- crime of passion
- drink-driving
- DWI
- foul play
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- netherworld
- offense
- speeding
- trespass
- vagrant
- victimless
- war crime
- wrongdoing
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