hanky-pankynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌhæŋ.kɪˈpæŋ.ki/us/ˌhæŋ.kɪˈpæŋ.ki/old-fashioned informalunacceptable or dishonest behaviour, especially involving sexual activity or money:
There was a bit of hanky-panky going on at the Christmas party.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- anomie
- arch-villain
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker
- darkly
- evil
- evildoer
- go to the bad idiom
- godless
- heinous
- immoral
- impure
- seamy
- seedy
- shocking
- shockingly
- sinful
- wickedness
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