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crookery

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Synonyms & Antonyms of crookery

the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery

the dealer encouraged his sales reps to engage in crookery of all sorts, so long as it sold cars

Synonyms for crookery

Words Related to crookery

equivocation,
lying,
mendacity,
prevarication

chicane,
chicanery,
fraudulence,
hanky-panky,
jugglery,
legerdemain,
mountebankery,
obliquity,
skulduggery
(or skullduggery),
subterfuge,
swindling,
trickery,
wile

falsehood,
falsity,
fib,
untruth

hypocrisy,
insincerity,
sanctimoniousness,
two-facedness

artfulness,
caginess
(also cageyness),
deviousness,
shrewdness

treacherousness,
underhandedness,
unscrupulousness

covertness,
furtiveness,
secrecy,
shadiness,
sneakiness,
stealthiness

oiliness,
shiftiness,
slickness,
slipperiness,
slyness,
smoothness

Near Antonyms for crookery

candidness,
candor,
directness,
frankness,
openness,
plainness,
plainspokenness

honesty,
probity

dependability,
reliability,
reliableness,
solidity,
trustability,
trustiness,
trustworthiness

decency,
goodness,
incorruptibility,
integrity,
righteousness,
truthfulness,
uprightness,
virtuousness

Antonyms for crookery

artlessness,
forthrightness,
good faith,
guilelessness,
ingenuousness,
sincerity

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Thesaurus Entries Near crookery

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crooking

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“Crookery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crookery. Accessed 11 Aug. 2022.

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The first known use of crookery was in 1927

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