1. (n.) Dishonesty; deceitfulness; petty tricks; fraud; trickery; as, a knavish action\.

2. (n.) Roguish or mischievous tricks.

abomination art artful dodge artifice atrocity bad baseness blind chicanery conspiracy contrivance coup craft cute trick deceit degradation design device disgrace dodge error evil expedient fakement feint fetch gambit game gimmick grift infamy iniquity intrigue jugglery knavishness little game maneuver moral turpitude move obliquity peccancy plot ploy racket rascality rascalry red herring reprobacy roguery roguishness ruse scampishness scandal scheme scoundrelism shame shift sin sleight stratagem strategy subterfuge tactic trick trickery turpitude vileness villainousness villainy wile wily device wrong