knavery - meaning and definition. What is knavery
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What (who) is knavery - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Knavery; Knave (disambiguation); Knave (magazine)

knavery         
n.
Villany, rascality, fraud, knavishness, dishonesty, criminality, trickery, scoundrelism.
Knavery         
·noun Roguish or mischievous tricks.
II. Knavery ·noun The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.
knave         
(knaves)
1.
If someone calls a man a knave, they mean that he is dishonest and should not be trusted. (OLD-FASHIONED)
= rogue, scoundrel
N-COUNT [disapproval]
2.
In card games, knave is another word for jack
. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use jack
)
N-COUNT

Wikipedia

Knave

Knave may refer to:

  • A rogue (vagrant), a rascal, deceitful fellow, a dishonest man
  • Knave (playing card), another name for the jack in card games
  • Knave (British magazine), a British softcore pornographic magazine published 1968-2015
  • Knave (American magazine), a short-lived American men's magazine published in 1959
  • The Knave, a Welsh hillfort also known as Deborah's Hole Camp
  • In Knights and Knaves logic puzzles, a person who always lies
  • A male domestic worker, a person who works within the employer's household (kitchen boy in Middle English)