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The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.

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  1. n. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.
  2. n. Roguish or mischievous tricks.
  3. n. lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
  4. 1. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action. This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's name. Shak. 2. pl. Roguish or mischievous tricks. Shak.
  5. Roguish or mischievous tricks. Shak.
  6. n lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing