English > knavery: 1 sense > noun 1, actMeaning | lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing. |
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Synonym | dishonesty |
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Narrower | charlatanism, quackery | The dishonesty of a charlatan |
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falsification, falsehood | The act of rendering something false / false / false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting |
treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy | An act of deliberate betrayal |
trick | An attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent |
Broader | wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus | Activity that transgresses moral or civil law |
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Spanish | bribonada, deshonestidad, truhanería |
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Catalan | brivallada, deshonestedat, truaneria |
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