KNAVERY Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word knavery. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for KNAVERY
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dishonesty | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being dishonest • lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | ||||||||
chicanery | nounn | |||||||
noun • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||||
corruption | nounn | |||||||
noun • lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain • in a state of progressive putrefaction • decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) • moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles • destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity • inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony) | ||||||||
crookedness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a tortuous and twisted shape or position • having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles • the quality of being deceitful and underhanded | ||||||||
cunning | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception • crafty artfulness (especially in deception) adjective satellite • attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness • marked by skill in deception • showing inventiveness and skill | ||||||||
deceit | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being fraudulent • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving | ||||||||
deceitfulness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being deceitful | ||||||||
duplicity | nounn | |||||||
noun • a fraudulent or duplicitous representation • acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another | ||||||||
fraud | nounn | |||||||
noun • intentional deception resulting in injury to another person • a person who makes deceitful pretenses • something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | ||||||||
guile | nounn | |||||||
noun • shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception • the quality of being crafty • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||||
misrepresentation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a misleading falsehood • a willful perversion of facts | ||||||||
perfidy | nounn | |||||||
noun • betrayal of a trust • an act of deliberate betrayal | ||||||||
shadiness | nounn | |||||||
noun • relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body • questionable honesty or legality | ||||||||
skulduggery | nounn | |||||||
noun • verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way | ||||||||
treachery | nounn | |||||||
noun • betrayal of a trust • an act of deliberate betrayal | ||||||||
trickery | nounn | |||||||
noun • verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||||
unscrupulousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty | ||||||||
villainy | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior • a criminal or vicious act | ||||||||
wile | verbv | |||||||
noun • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||||
swindling | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme verb • deprive of by deceit |