knavish

• Then she sang a French song in a childish voice (she thought it was a backfisch song); but I think it was anything but that, for I noticed some Scandi-knavish glances between the Danish and Swedish Ministers, which made me suspicious. —  In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875
• But you entirely mistake the fact; for I defy the most wicked and most powerful clergymen in the kingdom to oppress the meanest farmer in the parish; and I likewise defy the same clergyman to prevent himself from being cheated by the same farmer, whenever that farmer shall be disposed to be knavish or peevish. —  The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish
• It is not in the nature of such men; their minds are so distorted to selfish purposes, to knavish, artificial, and crafty means of accomplishing those selfish ends, that, if put to any good service, they are poor, dull, helpless. —  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12)
• No trick was too knavish or too despicable to prevent our guardian learning the truth concerning our plight. —  Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben
• The master who, by that cunning for which the knavish are remarkable, had discovered in the course of the day that his designs upon the boy's money was understood, did not ask him to his house. —  The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three

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