Cunning
Cunning noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: used cunning and subterfuge to work her way up the corporate ladder
Crookery and cunning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Crookery" instead a noun "Cunning".
Nearby Word: cunningly
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
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- deception and cunning
- deception and crookery
- artifice and cunning
- artifice and crookery
- cheating and cunning
- cheating and crookery
- double-dealing and cunning
- double-dealing and crookery
- craft and cunning
- craft and crookery
- fraud and cunning
- fraud and crookery
- dishonesty and cunning
- dishonesty and crookery
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Crookery and Cunning. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cunning/crookery
Cunning & Crookery. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cunning/crookery>.
Crookery or Cunning. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cunning/crookery.
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