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English Dictionary: dishonest	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for dishonest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dishonest adj deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive Synonym(s): dishonest, dishonorable Antonym(s): honest, honorable capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer" Synonym(s): corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dishonest \Dishon"est\, a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. d[82]shonn[88]te, OF. deshoneste.] 1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.] Inglorious triumphs and dishonest* scars. --Pope. Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. --Sir T. North. 2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.] Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. --Dryden. 3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man. 4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust. To get dishonest gain. --Ezek. xxii. 27. The dishonest profits of men in office. --Bancroft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dishonest \Dishon"est\, v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester.] To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest* a maid. [Obs.] I will no longer dishonest my house. --Chapman.