knave
noun
an unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest person.
Example Sentences
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Round this the mob hedged: the Dalesmen in front, striving knavishly back and bawling to those behind to leggo that shovin'; and these latter urging valorously forward, yelling jeers and contumely at the front rank.
From Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant
There was such an uproar in the church--they all rose up, joined together, pressed forward and crowded so knavishly through each other, that Master Laurence could not observe who did it.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger
After this simple but not surprising will he called for his stole and anathematized all who should knavishly keep back, or violently carry off, any of his goods, or otherwise frustrate his executors.
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Charles L. (Charles Latimer) Marson
It is knavishly praised; give me your hand.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by William Carew Hazlitt
The 828 was sobbing for the start when he climbed to the foot-board, and the engineer, who knew him, grinned knavishly.
From A Romance in Transit by Francis Lynde
