knavery

English Thesaurus

1. lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing (noun.act)

hypernym	:	actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct,
definition	:	activity that transgresses moral or civil law (noun.act)

hyponym	:	betrayal, perfidy, treachery, treason,
definition	:	an act of deliberate betrayal (noun.act)

hyponym	:	charlatanism, quackery,
definition	:	the dishonesty of a charlatan (noun.act)

hyponym	:	trick,
definition	:	an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent (noun.act)

hyponym	:	falsehood, falsification,
definition	:	the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act)