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Meanings of knavery in English

Portuguese
desonestidade
Catalan
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Lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing.

desonestidade
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Examples for "dishonesty"
Examples for "dishonesty"
1
What it reveals about political dishonesty in New Zealand is quite unexpected.
Radio NZ
2
If my aunt read love, I felt sure that O'Toole read dishonesty.
Travels With My Aunt
3
Wired: What implications does this have for our ability to prevent dishonesty?
Wired
4
Thus at the very outset the dishonesty of the proceedings is apparent.
She Stands Accused
5
But there are other things in the world to fear besides dishonesty.
The Betrayal
Usage of knavery in English
1
This actor was evidently not acquainted with even the rudiments of knavery.
Diary of a Pilgrimage
2
For the generality of people he went away clever with his knavery.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
3
This was low knavery seeking protection behind the black mantle of treason.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 / Devoted To...
4
I'd rather have the prize-ring back than give a purse to knavery.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 13, 1891
5
But their utility is more than counterbalanced by their importunity and knavery.
Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories...
6
Did you ever hear of such a mixture of honesty and knavery?
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
7
They know that their knavery is no secret but they don't mind.
Albert Dürer
8
Put it in the clear light of right and wrong, it was knavery.
The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 5
9
The sea is not more unstable than are those rogues in their knavery.
The Red Rover: A Tale
10
His companions were chosen from the harlotry and knavery of the civilised world.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
11
There was knavery among the Radicals, and there was violence among the Conservatives.
The Negro and the Nation / A History of American Slavery and Enf...
12
There was knavery and treachery writ large upon his ugly face.
The Trampling of the Lilies
13
All this I am pleased to hear that his knavery is found out.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 21: March/April 1662-63
14
A knave whose knavery knew no limits would hardly have suited his ends.
Love-at-Arms / Being a Narrative Excerpted from the Chronicles o...
15
I inquire, amused at this theatrical display of their childish knavery.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II / From Teheran To Yoko...
16
Kami is quite capable of suspecting a man of any knavery.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
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Translations for knavery
Portuguese
desonestidade
Knavery through the time
Knavery across language varieties
United Kingdom
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