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/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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Knavery — 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
knavery — I noun artfulness, artifice, beguilement, cheat, cheating, chicanery, circumvention, corruption, cozenage, craft, craftiness, criminality, cunning, cunningness, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, defraudation, deviousness, dishonesty, double… … Law dictionary
knavery — (n.) 1520s, from KNAVE (Cf. knave) + ERY (Cf. ery) … Etymology dictionary
knavery — [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
knavery — 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
knavery — noun (plural eries) Date: 1528 1. a. rascality b. a roguish or mischievous act 2. obsolete roguish mischief … New Collegiate Dictionary
knavery — 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 … Wiktionary
knavery — 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
knavery — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. thievery, rascality, fraud; see deception 1 , dishonesty , evil 1 … English dictionary for students
knavery — knav|e|ry [ˈneıvəri] n [U] old use dishonest behaviour … Dictionary of contemporary English
