knavery

Noun

Meaning

The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.

Roguish or mischievous tricks.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dishonesty swindle chicane villainy evil corruption craft fraud deception cheating treachery deceit mischief cunning falsehood
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Antonyms

oath honor advice loyalty integrity credibility
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Hypernyms

misconduct wrongdoing actus reus wrongful conduct

Hyponyms

quackery trick treason betrayal treachery falsehood

Derivatives

knaveries

Anagrams

varenyk Vernyak

Examples

Knavery and flattery are blood relations. Abraham Lincoln

On our Earth, we've perforce learned all the knavery there is to know. Poul Anderson

He that first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best defense against a knave, was but an ill teacher, advising us to commit wickedness to secure ourselves. Plutarch

With art and knavery we live through half the year; with knavery and art we live through the other. Italian Proverb

Deceiving a deceiver is no knavery. Japanese Proverb

No man understands knavery better than the abbot who has been a monk. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

knave of hearts knave of spades knaveproof knaveship knavess knavish