"knavery" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈneɪvəɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-knavery.wav [Southern-England] Forms: knaveries [plural]
Etymology: From knave + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|knave|ery}} knave + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} knavery (countable and uncountable, plural knaveries)
  1. The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the antics or tricks of a knave): πανουργία (panourgía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), schelmenstreek (Dutch), viikarointi (Finnish), coup [masculine] (French), Gaunerei [feminine] (German), Streich [masculine] (German), проде́лка (prodélka) [feminine] (Russian), вы́ходка (výxodka) [feminine] (Russian), прока́за (prokáza) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-knavery-en-noun-a-RgFupS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'the antics or tricks of a knave': 99 1
  2. An unprincipled action; deceit. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (unprincipled action — see also deceit): мошеничество (mošeničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), petos (Finnish), lurjustelu (Finnish), თაღლითობა (taɣlitoba) (Georgian), ყალთაბანდობა (q̇altabandoba) (Georgian), жу́льничество (žúlʹničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), моше́нничество (mošénničestvo) (Russian), надува́тельство (naduvátelʹstvo) (Russian), плутовство́ (plutovstvó) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-knavery-en-noun-1d2q9Wcc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'unprincipled action — see also deceit': 8 92

Inflected forms

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