Definition of dishonest

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Dishonest (a.) Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.

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Immoral :: Immoral (a.) Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed..
Dishonest :: Dishonest (v. t.) To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid..
Crib :: Crib (v. i.) To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.
Truthless :: Truthless (a.) Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless.
Trick :: Trick (a.) An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade..
Foul :: Foul (superl.) Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play..
Dishonest :: Dishonest (a.) Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man..
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice..
Unjust :: Unjust (a.) Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge..
Knavishly :: Knavishly (adv.) In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.
Barratry :: Barratry (n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo..
Indirection :: Indirection (n.) Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.
Knavishness :: KNavishness (n.) The quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.
Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Lewdness; unchastity.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings..
Rascally :: Rascally (a.) Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty..
Rogue :: Rogue (n.) A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
Cucking Stool :: Cucking stool () A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool..
Dishonest :: Dishonest (a.) Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured.
Improbity :: Improbity (n.) Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty.
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