knavery (Meaning)
knavery (n)
lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
knavery (n.)
The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.
Roguish or mischievous tricks.
Synonyms & Antonyms of knavery
Synonyms:
- stratagem
- lark
- rowdyism
- tomfoolery
- maneuver
- deception
- play
- kidding
- caprice
- shenanigan(s)
- stunt
- conceit
- trickery
- subterfuge
- gambit
- hijinks
- teasing
- ploy
- time
- horseplay
- high jinks
- hoax
- feat
- fraud
- whimsy
- deed
- vagary
- roughhousing
- whimsey
- skylarking
- ruse
- whim
- delusion
- fooling
- deceit
- game
- performance
- mission
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
knavery Sentence Examples
- The knavery of the politician was revealed when he was caught accepting bribes.
- The company's financial statements were riddled with knavery, leading to a loss of investor confidence.
- The lawyer's knavery was exposed when he was found to have fabricated evidence.
- The student's knavery was discovered when he was caught cheating on an exam.
- The employee's knavery resulted in him being fired from his job.
- The politician's knavery caused him to lose the election.
- The company's knavery led to a class-action lawsuit.
- The lawyer's knavery resulted in his disbarment.
- The student's knavery led to him being expelled from school.
- The employee's knavery caused him to be blacklisted from the industry.
FAQs About the word knavery
lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealingThe practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action., Roguish or mischievous trick
trick,prank, roguery, gag, jest, caper, dido, antic, capriccio, rag
gravity, solemnity, gravitas,gravity, solemnity, seriousness, seriousness, gravitas,solemnness, solemnness
The knavery of the politician was revealed when he was caught accepting bribes.
The company's financial statements were riddled with knavery, leading to a loss of investor confidence.
The lawyer's knavery was exposed when he was found to have fabricated evidence.
The student's knavery was discovered when he was caught cheating on an exam.
