knavery /ˈneɪvəɹi/ noun2 •An unprincipled action; deceit.Cassio’s a proper man, let me see now, / To get his place and to make vp my will, / A double knauery—how, how,—let me see, […] — 1603 •The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief. formsknaveries