knavery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
    dishonesty.

WordNet

Knav"er*y noun
Wordforms
plural Knaveries
Definitions
  1. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.
    This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's name. Shak.
  2. pl. Roguish or mischievous tricks. Shak.

Webster 1913