knavery

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knavery

/ˈneɪvəɹi/

noun knaveries

countable, uncountable The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief. […] Harry Monmouth, being in his right wittes and his good iudgements, turn'd away the fat Knight with the great belly doublet: he was full of ieſts, and gypes, and knaueries, and mockes; I haue forgot his name.
Similar: rakehood, carrying-on, Corinthianism, knavery, profligacy, vice
countable, uncountable An unprincipled action; deceit. Caſsio’s a proper man, let me ſee now, / To get his place and to make vp my will, / A double knauery—how, how,—let me see, […]

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noun the antics or tricks of a knave

Français	coup
Deutsch	Gaunerei, Streich
Русский	проде́лка prodélka, вы́ходка výxodka, прока́за prokáza

noun unprincipled action — see also deceit

Русский	жу́льничество žúlʹničestvo, моше́нничество mošénničestvo, надува́тельство naduvátelʹstvo, плутовство́ plutovstvó

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@misc{knavery_2026,
  title = {knavery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knavery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}