Crookery
Crookery noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: the dealer encouraged his sales reps to engage in crookery of all sorts, so long as it sold cars
Dishonesty and crookery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dishonesty" instead a noun "Crookery".
Dishonesty
Dishonesty noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: a religious cult that recruits members through dishonesty and subterfuge
Crookery and dishonesty are semantically related. You can use "Crookery" instead a noun "Dishonesty".
Nearby Words: dishonest, dishonestly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- deception and crookery
- deception and dishonesty
- artifice and crookery
- artifice and dishonesty
- cunning and crookery
- cunning and dishonesty
- cheating and crookery
- cheating and dishonesty
- double-dealing and crookery
- double-dealing and dishonesty
- craft and crookery
- craft and dishonesty
- fraud and crookery
- fraud and dishonesty
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