I. -|paŋkē noun
also hankey-pankey
( plural hanky-pankies also hankey-pankeys )
Etymology: alteration (perhaps influenced by handkerchief ) of hocus-pocus
1. : questionable, deceitful, or fraudulent activity : trickery : mischief
there's been some hanky-panky going on, and we haven't got to the bottom of it — F.W.Crofts
wanted things to be completely above board and no hanky-panky
while the philandering physician was playing hanky-panky with his patients — Alan Hynd
2. : meaningless or foolish activity or talk
people went in for too much hullabaloo and hanky-panky — John Steinbeck
had a thorough grasp of the political and social hanky-panky of his period — Time
II. noun
: sexual dalliance