dishonesty

dishonesty
I noun bad faith, cheating, chicane, chicanery, corruption, corruptness, cozenage, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deviation from probity, dishonor, disingenuousness, disposition to deceive, disposition to defraud, disposition ro lie, duplicity, faithlessness, false swearing, falseheartedness, falsehood, falseness, falsification, falsity, fraudulence, fraudulency, fraus, furtiveness, improbitas, improbity, infidelity, insincerity, inveracity, knavery, knavishness, lack of conscience, lack of honesty, lack of integrity, lack of principle, lack of probity, lying, mendaciousness, mendacity, perfidiousness, perfidy, perjury, prevarication, surreptitiousness, thievishness, treacherousness, trickiness, truthlessness, undependability, underhand dealing, underhandedness, unreliability, unscrupulousness, unstraightforwardness, untrustworthiness, untruth, untruthfulness, violation of trust, want of integrity, wiliness associated concepts: criminal acts, dishonest acts, fraudulent acts II index abuse (corrupt practice), bad faith, corruption, deception, false pretense, fraud, guilt, hypocrisy, improbity, indirection (deceitfulness), knavery, misdoing, pettifoggery, racket

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  • Dishonesty — Dis*hon es*ty, n. [Cf. OF. deshonest[ e], F. d[ e]shonn[^e]tet[ e].] 1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] The hidden things of dishonesty. 2 Cor. iv. 2. [1913 Webster] 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dishonesty — late 14c., disgrace, shame, want of honor, from O.Fr. deshonesté (13c.) dishonor, impropriety, from des (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + L. honestatem honorableness (see HONESTY (Cf. honesty)). Meaning want of honesty is recorded from 1590s …   Etymology dictionary

  • dishonesty — [n] lying; unwillingness to tell the truth artifice, bunk, cheating, chicane, chicanery, corruption, craft, criminality, crookedness, cunning, deceit, double dealing, duplicity, faithlessness, falsehood, falsity, flimflam*, fourberie, fraud,… …   New thesaurus

  • dishonesty — [dis än′is tē] n. [ME dishoneste < OFr deshonesté] 1. the quality of being dishonest; dishonest behavior; deceiving, stealing, etc. 2. pl. dishonesties a dishonest act or statement; fraud, lie, etc …   English World dictionary

  • Dishonesty — This article is about the legal concept of dishonesty. For its broader ethical meaning and context, see Honesty. Dishonesty is a word which, in common usage, may be defined as the act or to act without honesty. It is used to describe a lack of… …   Wikipedia

  • dishonesty — [[t]dɪsɒ̱nɪsti[/t]] N UNCOUNT Dishonesty is dishonest behaviour. She accused the government of dishonesty and incompetence …   English dictionary

  • dishonesty — noun /dɪsˈɒnɪ.stɪ/ a) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest. His dishonesty appears in leaving his friend here in necessity and denying him. b) An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest. Ant: honesty …   Wiktionary

  • dishonesty — dis|hon|es|ty [ dıs anəsti ] noun uncount behavior that involves doing things that are not honest: He was accused of dishonesty …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • dishonesty — noun Richard was a victim of his business manager s dishonesty Syn: fraud, fraudulence, corruption, cheating, chicanery, double dealing, deceit, deception, duplicity, lying, falseness, falsity, falsehood, untruthfulness; craft, cunning, trickery …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • dishonesty — UK [dɪsˈɒnəstɪ] / US [dɪsˈɑnəstɪ] noun [uncountable] behaviour that involves doing things that are not honest He was accused of dishonesty …   English dictionary

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