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adjective

Dishonest adj.

Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. (Obs.) "Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars." "Speak no foul or dishonest words before them (the women)."

Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. (Obs.) "Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears."

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

Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust. "To get dishonest gain." "The dishonest profits of men in office."

verb

Dishonest v. t. To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. (Obs.) "I will no longer dishonest my house."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dishonest" Quotes from Famous Books

... who, by having the enjoyment of their future earnings secured to them, are encouraged to engage anew in industrial pursuits. But these laws, intended for the benefit of the unfortunate poor, have enabled dishonest and fraudulent debtors to procure ...

— The Government Class Book • Andrew W. Young

... despair of saving the Colony from those evils which threaten it by the turbulent and dishonest conduct of vagrants who are allowed to infest the country in every part; nor do we see any prospect of peace or happiness for our children in a country ...

— A Century of Wrong • F. W. Reitz

... self-possession and master the runaway brute within him, and who loses his head on the edge of the precipice over which she is going to fall, is as contemptible as any man who breaks open a lock, or as any rascal on the lookout for a house left defenceless and unprotected or for some easy and dishonest stroke of business, or as that thief whose various exploits you have ...

— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant

... in the provinces of our diocese those Indians who are Nagualists adore their naguals, and look upon them as gods, and by their aid believe that they can foretell the future, discover hidden treasures, and fulfill their dishonest desires: we, therefore, prescribe and command that in every town an ecclesiastical prison shall be constructed at the expense of the church, and that it be provided with fetters and stocks (con grillos y cepos), and ...

— Nagualism - A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History • Daniel G. Brinton

... which Rhodes formed received a monopoly on the diamond output and with it the assurance of a rigid enforcement of the so-called Illicit Diamond Buying Act. This law, more commonly known as "I. D. B." and which has figured in many South African novels, provided drastic punishment for dishonest dealing in the stones. More than one South African millionaire owed the beginnings of his fortune to ...

— An African Adventure • Isaac F. Marcosson

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