KNAVERY
Dictionary entry overview: What does knavery mean? • KNAVERY (noun)
The noun KNAVERY has 1 sense:
1. lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
Familiarity information: KNAVERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• KNAVERY (noun)
Meaning:
Lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
knavery; dishonesty
Hypernyms ("knavery" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "knavery"):
betrayal; perfidy; treachery; treason (an act of deliberate betrayal)
charlatanism; quackery (the dishonesty of a charlatan)
trick (an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent)
falsehood; falsification (the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting)
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