The meaning of Dishonest

verb

Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

She always cheats at cards

noun

A person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

Athletes who abide by the rules are up against cheats with a distinct advantage.

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

adjective

Dishonest and willing to use your position or power to your own advantage, esp. for money

Usage examples:

It’s been called the most politically corrupt city in the nation., your philosophy is corrupt., pol…

adjective

Clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods.

Usage examples:

A crafty crook faked an injury to escape from prison

adjective

Skillful in argument but likely to be dishonest

Usage examples:

A crafty lawyer

adjective

Having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion.

Usage examples:

A cunning look came into his eyes

noun

Skill in achieving one's ends by deceit.

Usage examples:

A statesman to whom cunning had come as second nature

adjective

Skillful in planning and ready to deceive people in order to get what you want

Usage examples:

A cunning scheme, they made their way safely back through enemy territory by stealth and cunning.

adjective

Acting in a calculating, deceitful way.

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A designing little minx

verb

Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.

Usage examples:

A number of architectural students were designing a factory

adjective

Showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals.

Usage examples:

He's as devious as a politician needs to be

adjective

Using indirect ways to get what you want, esp. without showing your real purpose

Usage examples:

Devious methods, they went by a devious route.

adjective

Using indirect ways to get what you want, especially without showing your real purpose

Usage examples:

Officials called the company 'devious and underhand'., management seems to have acted deviously and…

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Usage examples:

A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

noun

A shallow, flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food.

Usage examples:

An ovenproof dish

verb

Gossip or share information, especially information of an intimate or scandalous nature.

Usage examples:

Groups gather to brag about babies and dish about romances

noun

A piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

adjective

Not considered to be respectable in character or appearance.

Usage examples:

He was heavy, grubby, and vaguely disreputable

noun

The act of cheating or tricking someone by hiding your real intentions

Usage examples:

Several high-ranking officials were named in the scandal, accused of fraud and double dealing.

adjective

Obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception.

Usage examples:

Fraudulent share dealing

adjective

Not what it claims or pretends to be

Usage examples:

Fraudulent advertising, there’s been a rise in fraudulent insurance claims.

adjective

Intended to deceive someone, for example, to get money

Usage examples:

They thought i might try to collect insurance on a fraudulent claim., for a charge of fraudulent tr…

adjective

Not conforming to accepted standards of morality.

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Unseemly and immoral behaviour

adjective

Not following accepted standards of morally right behavior or thought

Usage examples:

Discrimination on the basis of race is immoral., the immorality of lying

adjective

Deceitful and untrustworthy.

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A perfidious lover

adjective

Unable to be trusted, or showing no loyalty

Usage examples:

She described the new criminal bill as a perfidious attack on democracy.

adjective

Used to describe people or behaviour that you disapprove of but still like

Usage examples:

In the production, he plays raven's rascally younger brother., he was short with a rascally grin.

adjective

Characteristic of a dishonest or unprincipled person.

Usage examples:

He led a roguish and uncertain existence

adjective

Behaving in a way that is slightly bad or wrong, but that is not too serious

Usage examples:

His eyes were bright blue with a roguish twinkle in them., in all these novels, there's a roguish d…

verb

Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions.

Usage examples:

A businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds

noun

A fraudulent scheme or action.

Usage examples:

He is mixed up in a £10 million insurance swindle

verb

Present participle of swindle

Usage examples:

They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars., the wealthy banker was ultimately conv…

adjective

Guilty of or involving betrayal or deception.

Usage examples:

A treacherous gestapo agent

adjective

Tending to betray

adjective

(of the ground or the sea) extremely dangerous, esp. because of bad weather conditions

Usage examples:

Freezing rain made driving treacherous., he was treacherous, or at least sneaky.

adjective

Acting or done in a secret or dishonest way.

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Underhand dealings

adjective

(done) by moving the arm from back to front with the hand below shoulder level and with the inner part of the hand facing forward

Usage examples:

An underhand toss

adjective

Done secretly, and sometimes dishonestly, in order to achieve an advantage

Usage examples:

This is an underhand attempt to resume commercial whaling., insurers have been accused of using und…

adjective

Not morally correct.

Usage examples:

It is unethical to torment any creature for entertainment

adjective

Not morally acceptable

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Unethical business practices

adjective

Morally wrong

Usage examples:

The financial services authority's probe into unethical and illegal trading is focussing on the top…

adjective

Not based on or behaving according to the principles of equality and justice.

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At times like these the legal system appears inhuman and unfair

adjective

Not fair

Usage examples:

It seems unfair to tax you both where you work and where you live., the company unfairly denied her…

adjective

Not morally right, or not treating people in an equal way

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Businesses argue that the tax idea is unfair because it is based on revenue, rather than profit., w…

adjective

Not based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair.

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Resistance to unjust laws