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

The answer is ‘‘No.’’ This tells you that the speaker is a knave, for a knight would answer ‘‘Yes.’’

From Scientific American ● Feb. 26, 2019

Sources of pleasure, in different forms in every stage of life, are too hard to find and too hard to replace once lost, to let any rich knave own your enjoyment.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2018

He approvingly quotes the Scottish philosopher R. M. Wenley, who called it, among other things, the resort “of the knave, who knows just enough about life to deem himself able to laugh at it.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2018

Horatio grew mortified to learn that he had been followed without his knowledge and by such a knave.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

Given Brady, Belichick and borderline officiating — I believe the last time the Patriots lost a replay challenge was at the Boston Tea Party, late 1773 — I cannot bury these knaves.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2019

Full disclosure: I and my coauthors sprinkled knights and knaves all over our logic book.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 26, 2019

Some had been heroes, some weaklings, knaves, or cravens.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin