Monkey Business (Noun)
Meaning
Mischievous or deceitful behavior.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The politician's opponents accused him of monkey business during the election, claiming he had rigged the voting machines.
- The company's financial reports were suspect, and many believed the CEO was up to some monkey business to inflate the stock price.
- The kids were getting into all sorts of monkey business in the backyard, pulling pranks and causing chaos.
- The detective was tasked with uncovering the monkey business that had been going on in the city's government for years.
- The company's competitors accused them of monkey business, claiming they had stolen their intellectual property and were passing it off as their own.