noun
- dishonest or unscrupulous behavior; trickery or deceit
Examples
- The politician’s knavery was exposed when the scandal broke.
- She saw through his knavery and refused to trust him.
- The merchant’s knavery cost him many loyal customers.
- His reputation for knavery preceded him wherever he went.
- The detective uncovered a web of knavery in the business deal.
- Such knavery would not be tolerated in their organization.