The word 'knave' is correct and usable in written English.
It usually refers to a deceitful or dishonest person, so it's often used in a derogatory manner. For example, "He was a knave, deceiving those around him for his own gain."
7. Sir Toby calls Sir Andrew "an ass-head, and a coxcomb, and a knave, a thin-faced knave, a gull!" - a simpleton in Twelfth Night.
3. The Welsh Captain describes Pistol as a "rascally, scald [scabby], beggarly, lousy, pragging [show-off] knave" in Henry 5. 4. Sebastian calls the Boatswain a "bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog" in The Tempest. 5. Kent says Oswald is a "knave, beggar, coward, pander [pimp], and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch" in King Lear.
Crucially, however, Switzerland would not reveal the identities of these German account holders unless they do so themselves (which many will because it usually works out cheaper).In this section From hero to knave A punch for honest taxpayers?
However sceptical one might be about the intelligence, we said, "only a fool or a knave" would accept Mr Hussein's plea of innocence: a country with Iraq's record deserved no presumption of innocence.So Messrs Bush and Blair seem to have believed, with good reason, that Iraq possessed proscribed weapons.
A national pastime, tax evasion is put at about 18% of GDP, some €285 billion ($355 billion), making a big hole in Italy's stretched public finances.In this section From hero to knave A punch for honest taxpayers?
Once a pariah in Dutch politics, the SP is now marching strong on a set of ideas that are as much of a throwback to the 1970s as the platform shoes that are much in fashion in Amsterdam.In this section From hero to knave A punch for honest taxpayers?
He was briefly even more popular than the king.In this section From hero to knave A punch for honest taxpayers?
Victor Ponta, the prime minister, a close ally of Mr Antonescu's, has also vowed to continue the fight with Mr Basescu until the president and his regime are removed.In this section From hero to knave A punch for honest taxpayers?
To be vague was advisable.In this section From hero to knave A punch for honest taxpayers?
Originally this was the name applied to the knave of trump in the old game of all fours, which had already achieved wide popularity in preference to the archaic-sounding knave in other games.
Sweden continues awkwardly to exhibit K for köning (king) and Kn for knabe (knave).
