Definition of dishonest

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Dishonest (a.) Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man..

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Incapable :: Incapable (a.) Not capable of being brought to do or perform, because morally strong or well disposed; -- used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood..
Rascal :: Rascal (v.) A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till..
Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Lewdness; unchastity.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings..
Knavish :: Knavish (a.) Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick..
Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition..
Twistical :: Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest..
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..
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..
Trick :: Trick (a.) An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade..
Dishonestly :: Dishonestly (adv.) In a dishonest manner.
Roguery :: Roguery (n.) The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices.
Knavishly :: Knavishly (adv.) In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.
Sinister :: Sinister (a.) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims..
Dishonest :: Dishonest (a.) Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man..
Unjust :: Unjust (a.) Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge..
Unhonest :: Unhonest (a.) Dishonest; dishonorable.
Covinous :: Covinous (a.) Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.
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