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 • Oct. 21, 2019
“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 • Mar. 14, 2018
He looks upon the Trojan War, and all the warriors who risk their lives in it, with a vision that strips all noble motives away and sees only lechery, roguery, and knavery.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 9, 2016
We like to think of our transgressions as caused less by our own knavery than by the wrong genes or maltreatment in childhood.
From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2011
I wish for some way to warn Cristiana of the new king’s knavery.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
