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Lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing.

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Uso de knavery en inglés
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This actor was evidently not acquainted with even the rudiments of knavery.
Diary of a Pilgrimage
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For the generality of people he went away clever with his knavery.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
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This was low knavery seeking protection behind the black mantle of treason.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 / Devoted To...
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I'd rather have the prize-ring back than give a purse to knavery.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 13, 1891
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But their utility is more than counterbalanced by their importunity and knavery.
Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories...
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Did you ever hear of such a mixture of honesty and knavery?
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
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They know that their knavery is no secret but they don't mind.
Albert Dürer
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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
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The sea is not more unstable than are those rogues in their knavery.
The Red Rover: A Tale
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His companions were chosen from the harlotry and knavery of the civilised world.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
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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...
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There was knavery and treachery writ large upon his ugly face.
The Trampling of the Lilies
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All this I am pleased to hear that his knavery is found out.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 21: March/April 1662-63
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A knave whose knavery knew no limits would hardly have suited his ends.
Love-at-Arms / Being a Narrative Excerpted from the Chronicles o...
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I inquire, amused at this theatrical display of their childish knavery.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II / From Teheran To Yoko...
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Kami is quite capable of suspecting a man of any knavery.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
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