Knavery: alternatives and connections

The act or omission that forms the physical part of a crime.

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Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.

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Evil or wicked behavior or action.

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The act or the result of betraying.

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Charlatanry.

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Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

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The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

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The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.

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The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.

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Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.

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The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of…

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An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.

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Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.

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