knavery
noun
action or practice characteristic of a knave.
knaveries
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pluralof knavery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Told in the fictitious third person of Jim's confidant and publicity man, it records the entire gamut of his knaveries, but gives him where possible the benefit of the doubt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Critics, apparently sober, and of high reputation, held up their shallow knaveries for the world to admire.
From Complete Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith
Ah! our knave has found his match in another, who has far better tricks in his sack, a thousand kinds of knaveries and of wily words.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
Jupiter Scapin, a nickname given by the Abbé de Pradt to Napoleon, after a valet of the name of Scapin in a comedy of Molière's, noted for his knaveries.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
Hence come the many beggars, who by this pilgriming carry on endless knaveries and learn the habit of begging when they are not in want.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther
