knavery
Example Sentences
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From their study of English history, they learned what might be called the law of knavery: there aren’t any good ways to get rid of a bad king.
From The New Yorker
“I only know that it is mixed, that you cannot separate good from bad, that wisdom, courage and benevolence exist alongside knavery, greed and stupidity; heroism and fortitude alongside vainglory, cruelty and corruption.”
From New York Times
I wish for some way to warn Cristiana of the new king’s knavery.
From Literature
After years of deception, exploitation, and knavery, the Sixers have finally managed to buy and cheat their way to the entrance of the Third Gate.
From Literature
The choice between clownish and vitriolic populism, on the one hand, and Clintonian knavery, on the other, is not one we ever wanted to make.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
