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A prank is defined by s, Hoax es, or even petty criminal activity, such as the theft of Traffic Cone s.http://www.hero.ac.uk/uk/studying/archives/2001/nightmare_on_student_stre901.cfm

In recent years, the term "pranking" has also come to mean the ringing of a Mobile Telephone and hanging up before it is answered, to alert the mobile phone's user without having to pay a network connection charge.


ETYMOLOGY

The term "prank" is believed to derive from the Middle English ''pranken'', to show off, or perhaps from Middle Dutch ''pronken'' (from ''pronk'', show, display) and from Middle Low German ''prunken'' (from ''prank'', display).http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/p/p0502700.html


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