knave

The late Renaissance came to life in knave overalls with blousy tops, sequined skirts that suggested chain mail armor and tapestry detailing on jacket sleeves.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2023

Dr. Seuss: Will: Thou knave who pens these “books” for youth, with talking fauna most uncouth: Thy “doctorate”? The thought’s absurd!

From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2020

Further, it tells you that the other gentleman is a knight, for if he were a knave, the answering knave would have said ‘‘Yes.’’

From Scientific American ● Feb. 26, 2019

He either presents himself as a fool or a knave.

From Newsweek ● Jul. 3, 2012

“Simon, I have no doubt that you are an excellent thief, and a dreadful knave, and a rascally rogue as well. But you would be far too conspicuous in an all-girls’ school.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Despite another two-plus centuries of self-regulation and government regulation, the line between honest men and knaves on Wall Street remains fluid.

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

It is led by a fool who is surrounded by knaves.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2023

After ringing changes on knights and knaves, he finds that some of his characters are sane and see the world as it is and some are insane and see it as it is not.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 26, 2019

I thought that these moms would want to talk about what they’d done wrong as parents to have raised sons who might be villains, or at least knaves.

From Time ● Sep. 6, 2017

“He calls the knaves Jacks, this boy!” said Estella with disdain, before our first game was out.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens