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View synonyms for knavery

knavery

[ ney-vuh-ree ]

noun

, plural knav·er·ies.
  1. action or practice characteristic of a knave.
  2. unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest dealing; trickery.
  3. a knavish act or practice.


knavery

/ ˈneɪvərɪ /

noun

  1. a deceitful or dishonest act
  2. dishonest conduct; trickery


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Word History and Origins

Origin of knavery1

First recorded in 1520–30; knave + -ery

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Example Sentences

I could grudge him, for his knavery and dissimulation, though I do not envy much the having the same place myself.

They are,” said he, “of much sincerity and integrity far from the craft and knavery of men among us.

I have played the knave so long with you that it is perhaps the greatest knavery I can commit to be honest at last.

That a due rigour and restraint be laid upon the second, that villainy and knavery might not be encouraged by a law.

The young mail being hid, after some knavery, behind the arras, in come our quidam and that prelate.

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