knavish in English

adjective
1
dishonest or unscrupulous.
his knavish tricks will be frustrated

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1. Not to be influenced by, or give ear to knavish tattling servants, or others.

2. “Well, my sweet,” said Miss Pross, nodding her head emphatically, “the short and the long of it is, that I am a subject of His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Third;” Miss Pross Curtseyed at the name; “and as such, my maxim is, Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On him our hopes we fix, God save the King!”