devilment

noun5

1. •
   Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
2. •
   A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
3. •
   Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.

   • Ah, why the divil, Puddock, do you keep them ould women's charrums and divilments, about you—you'll be the death of some one yet, so you will. — 1863
4. •
   (humorous) A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.
5. •
   Something cleverly constructed.