devilry

She could write and she wrote a great deal, including detective fiction, a gothic thriller “of devilry, seduction, and hashish” and stories about “ghosts, suicides, and kidnapping.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Whereas the dread of devilry, in “The Witch,” was rooted deep in the faith of the early settlers, “The Lighthouse” has to create its own mythology as it goes along.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 18, 2019

What else could it be — and what new devilry is waiting for us tomorrow?

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2019

A different, more downbeat brand of devilry is afoot in "The Exorcist," which takes off from William Peter Blatty’s bestselling 1971 novel and director William Friedkin's 1973 film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2016

But when the eighth came round, a certain Phoinikian adventurer came too, a plausible rat, who had already done plenty of devilry in the world.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

I had come to Fifanti's house as a student of humanities and divinities; all that I had learnt there had been devilries culminating in this hour's work.

From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Rafael Sabatini

This is the third of the series, the one of which Patty has foretold with horrid relish that it promises to be specially given over to devilries.

From Quality Street A Comedy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

In good truth, Crailey was the ringleader in all the devilries of the town.

From The Two Vanrevels by Booth Tarkington

"I should have known that if that sweet saint got word of these petty devilries of mine she would despise me; and I tell you, Charles, I'd go through fire to regain her respect."

From Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

"Nay, no Mingo will be near the portage, for that is a spot too public for their devilries," answered the Pathfinder confidently.

From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by James Fenimore Cooper