knavery

  • 1Knavery — Knav er*y, n.; pl. {Knaveries}. 1. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action. [1913 Webster] This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man s name. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. Roguish or mischievous tricks.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2knavery — I noun artfulness, artifice, beguilement, cheat, cheating, chicanery, circumvention, corruption, cozenage, craft, craftiness, criminality, cunning, cunningness, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, defraudation, deviousness, dishonesty, double… …

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  • 3knavery — (n.) 1520s, from KNAVE (Cf. knave) + ERY (Cf. ery) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4knavery — [nāv′ər ē] n. pl. knaveries 1. behavior or an act characteristic of a knave; rascality; dishonesty 2. Obs. roguishness; mischievous quality …

    English World dictionary

  • 5knavery — knave ► NOUN 1) archaic a dishonest or unscrupulous man. 2) (in cards) a jack. DERIVATIVES knavery noun knavish adjective. ORIGIN Old English, «boy, servant» …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6knavery — noun (plural eries) Date: 1528 1. a. rascality b. a roguish or mischievous act 2. obsolete roguish mischief …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7knavery — /nay veuh ree/, n., pl. knaveries. 1. action or practice characteristic of a knave. 2. unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest dealing; trickery. 3. a knavish act or practice. [1520 30; KNAVE + ERY] * * * …

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  • 8knavery — noun /ˈneɪvəri/ a) The (mis)behaviour of a knave, boyish mischief. Cassios a proper man: let me see now: b) Deceit, an unprincipled action. To get his place and to plume up my will …

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  • 9knavery — Synonyms and related words: abomination, art, artful dodge, artifice, atrocity, bad, baseness, blind, chicanery, conspiracy, contrivance, coup, craft, cute trick, deceit, degradation, design, device, disgrace, dodge, error, evil, expedient,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 10knavery — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. thievery, rascality, fraud; see deception 1 , dishonesty , evil 1 …

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