dishonesty

  • 11dishonesty — UK [dɪsˈɒnəstɪ] / US [dɪsˈɑnəstɪ] noun [uncountable] behaviour that involves doing things that are not honest He was accused of dishonesty …

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  • 12dishonesty — dishonest ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not honest, trustworthy, or sincere. DERIVATIVES dishonestly adverb dishonesty noun …

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  • 13dishonesty — noun Date: 1599 1. lack of honesty or integrity ; disposition to defraud or deceive 2. a dishonest act ; fraud …

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  • 14dishonesty — /dis on euh stee/, n., pl. dishonesties. 1. lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat, or steal. 2. a dishonest act; fraud. [1350 1400; ME deshonestee. See DIS 1, HONESTY] * * * …

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  • 15dishonesty — Synonyms and related words: Machiavellianism, ambidexterity, artifice, bad faith, ballot box stuffing, bunco, cardsharping, cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, corruptedness, corruption, corruptness, cozenage, credibility gap, criminality,… …

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  • 16dishonesty — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deceit, deception, falsehood, trickery, infidelity, faithlessness, falsity, craft, artifice, duplicity, wiliness, untrustworthiness, insidiousness, cunning, guile, perfidiousness, slyness, perfidy, double dealing,… …

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  • 17dishonesty — dis|hon|est|y [dısˈɔnısti US ˈa: ] n [U] behaviour in which you deceive or cheat people ≠ ↑honesty …

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  • 18dishonesty — dis hon·es·ty || tɪ n. fraudulence, deceit, falsity …

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  • 19dishonesty — n. 1. Improbity, faithlessness, knavery, treachery, falsehood, deceitfulness, perfidiousness, fraud, fraudulency, fraudulence, trickery. 2. [Said of women.] Unchastity, unfaithfulness, infidelity, frailty, wantonness, lewdness …

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  • 20dishonesty — noun (U) dishonest behaviour …

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