Sentence:  Yet, for all the ferocity, the fights were short-lived. Every group except the Vice Kings, who had been most threatened, were brought under control fairly quickly and stayed to see the basketball game—only the Vice Kings missed it. Moreover, despite talk of retaliation, the <WSD>humbug</WSD> was self-contained; ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A fight.