Dictionary entry

Knavery

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Knav″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Knaveries (�). 1. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.

This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's name. Shak.

2. pl. Roguish or mischievous tricks. Shak.