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Synonyms for dishonesty
dɪsˈɒn ə stidis·hon·esty
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
dishonesty
A fraud is an act of deliberate deception with the design of securing something by taking unfair advantage of another. A deceit or deception may be designed merely to gain some end of one's own, with no intent of harming another; an imposition, to take some small advantage of another, or simply to make another ridiculous. An imposture is designed to obtain money, credit, or position to which one is not entitled, and may be practised by a street beggar or by the pretender to a throne. All action that is not honest is dishonesty, but the term dishonesty is generally applied in business, politics, etc., to deceitful practises which are not directly criminal. Fraud includes deceit, but deceit may not reach the gravity of fraud; a cheat is of the nature of fraud, but of a petty sort; a swindle is more serious than a cheat, involving larger values and more flagrant dishonesty. Fraud is commonly actionable at law; cheating and swindling are for the most part out of the reach of legal proceedings. Treachery is chiefly used of dishonesty in matters of friendship, social relations, government, or war; treachery may be more harmful than fraud, but is not so gross, and is not ordinarily open to legal redress. Treason is a specific form of treachery of a subject to the government to which he owes allegiance, and is definable and punishable at law. Compare ARTIFICE; DECEPTION.
Synonyms:
artifice, cheat, cheating, deceit, deception, duplicity, fraud, imposition, imposture, swindle, swindling, treachery, treason, trickAntonyms:
fairness, good faith, honesty, integrity, truth, uprightness
Princeton's WordNet
dishonestynoun
the quality of being dishonest
Synonyms:
knaveryAntonyms:
honestness, honestydishonesty, knaverynoun
lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
Synonyms:
knaveryAntonyms:
honesty, honestness
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
dishonestynoun
Synonyms:
improbity, faithlessness, knavery, treachery, falsehood, deceitfulness, perfidiousness, wickedness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
dishonestynoun
Synonyms:
improbity, unscrupulousness, fraudulence, cheating, indirection
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List of paraphrases for "dishonesty":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4480 | fraud | |
#6230 | cheat | |
#7167 | trick | |
#12334 | cheating | |
#15524 | deception | |
#20106 | imposition | |
#24186 | treason | |
#27285 | dishonest | |
#30154 | deceit | |
#30443 | dishonesty | |
#41919 | falsehood | |
#43094 | treachery | |
#45134 | artifice | |
#58296 | swindle | |
#58948 | unfairness | |
#69173 | duplicity | |
#174882 | swindling | |
#183563 | imposture | |
#295612 | knavery |
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Even so, I am sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the President, i am also appalled that, among other things, fellow citizens working in a campaign for president welcomed help from Russia - including information that had been illegally obtained; that none of them acted to inform American law enforcement; and that the campaign chairman was actively promoting Russian interests in Ukraine.
He refuses to look at a mountain of corruption dishonesty. We win !
You can vote for despair and vote for the dishonesty of this government, or you can vote Labour and get a government that can bring hope to the future.
No, not at all, it has nothing to do with honesty or dishonesty.
These are very serious charges that reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty, they are significant in their own right. They are particularly significant when done by a lawyer.
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