Synonyms of crookery

crookery

noun

ˈkru̇-kə-rē 

as in deception

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 & Similar Words

• deception
• deceit
• fraud
• deceptiveness
• cheating
• deceitfulness
• cunning
• lying
• duplicity
• dishonesty
• fakery
• crookedness
• double-dealing
• secrecy
• dissembling
• cunningness
• guile
• dupery
• dissimulation
• craftiness
• cozenage
• wiliness
• chicanery
• skullduggery
• craft
• fraudulence
• subterfuge
• artifice
• skulduggery
• trickery
• foxiness
• swindling
• prevarication
• hypocrisy
• mendacity
• guilefulness
• jugglery
• insincerity
• mountebankery
• artfulness
• fib
• hanky-panky
• underhandedness
• chicane
• shrewdness
• deviousness
• unscrupulousness
• sanctimoniousness
• equivocation
• obliquity
• legerdemain
• treacherousness
• shadiness
• untruth
• falsehood
• furtiveness
• wile
• two-facedness
• caginess
• covertness
• sneakiness
• falsity
• shiftiness
• slipperiness
• cageyness
• smoothness
• slyness
• stealthiness
• oiliness
• slickness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• good faith
• sincerity
• artlessness
• ingenuousness
• forthrightness
• frankness
• candor
• openness
• honesty
• directness
• guilelessness
• probity
• plainness
• reliability
• integrity
• trustworthiness
• solidity
• goodness
• dependability
• righteousness
• candidness
• decency
• truthfulness
• incorruptibility
• plainspokenness
• uprightness
• trustiness
• trustability
• virtuousness
• reliableness

Examples of crookery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But most of all, the NCAA needs Ogunbowale to remind the public that the collegiate model is worth defending, and that the enterprise is more than just crookery. —Sally Jenkins, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2018