devil dancing
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edit- (figurative, idiomatic) Risky, reckless or potentially immoral behavior.
- The performance of a devil dance.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 33:
- By that sect the devils were thought cruel, revengeful, capricious, and only able to be appeased by blood sacrifices and devil-dancing.