hanky-panky
Example Sentences
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Technically, she was indicted for bank fraud relating to alleged hanky-panky on a mortgage application.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2025
Steffen doesn’t look wholly convincing as he knocks it away, but the whistle goes for some hanky-panky in the six-yard box.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2021
If an investigation finds any hanky-panky to get Wilson back in the game so quickly, the NFL needs to come down hard on the Seahawks.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2017
To the surprise of the researchers, many female blackbirds—mated to these vasectomized males—produced perfectly normal offspring. Evidently, there was hanky-panky going on within seemingly sedate blackbird society.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2016
Although she was petite, I quickly discovered that my shorthand teacher was definitely not one to tolerate any hanky-panky.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
