Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Dishonesty; deceitfulness; petty tricks; fraud; trickery; as, a knavish action. 2. (n.) Roguish or mischievous tricks.

Multi-Version Concordance Knavery (2 Occurrences) Luke 20:23 But He saw through their knavery and replied, (WEY) Acts 18:14 But, when Paul was about to begin his defence, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it had been some wrongful act or piece of cunning knavery I might reasonably have listened to you Jews. (WEY)