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Definition of Dishonesty
1. Noun. The quality of being dishonest.
Specialized synonyms: Corruption, Corruptness, Unscrupulousness, Deceptiveness, Obliquity, Deceit, Fraudulence, Crookedness, Deviousness, Rascality, Shiftiness, Slipperiness, Trickiness, Larcenous, Thievishness, Untruthfulness, Disingenuousness
Antonyms: Honesty
2. Noun. Lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing.
Generic synonyms: Actus Reus, Misconduct, Wrongdoing, Wrongful Conduct
Specialized synonyms: Betrayal, Perfidy, Treachery, Treason, Charlatanism, Quackery, Trick, Falsehood, Falsification
Definition of Dishonesty
1. n. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.
Definition of Dishonesty
1. Noun. The characteristic or condition of being dishonest. ¹
2. Noun. An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dishonesty
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dishonesty
Literary usage of Dishonesty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Educational Monthly (1865)
"THE dishonesty OF TEACHERS. HERE it is in type—tlio dishonesty of teachers!
The words mean more than they may seem to imply. Tlio "soft impeachment" is not ..."
2. A Treatise on Judicial Evidence by Jeremy Bentham, Etienne Dumont (1825)
"As instances of dishonesty are comparatively rare, they excite more attention
... Exclusion on account of dishonesty. After the consideration of interest, ..."
3. Rights, Remedies, and Practice, at Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes: A by John Davison Lawson (1890)
"Guaranty Insurance — Insurance against dishonesty and Negligence.—There is a
species of insurance of modern date in England, and of more recent date in this ..."
4. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"It now became evident that the apparently self-denying dishonesty patriotism of
which, two years before, several large capital- pont^.an ists had made an ..."
5. Laws of Business for All the States and Territories of the Union and the by Theophilus Parsons (1909)
".NSURANCE AGAINST ACCIDENT, DISEASE, AND dishonesty OF SERVANTS. ... A loss ensued
from the dishonesty of the secretary, and it appeared to have been made ..."
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