Adjective: dishonest dis'ó-nist
- Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
"His dishonest business practices eventually caught up with him";
- dishonorable [US], dishonourable [Brit, Cdn]
- Capable of being corrupted
"dishonest politicians";
- corruptible, bribable, purchasable, venal
See also: ambidextrous, beguiling, bent [Brit, informal], blackguardly, corrupt, crooked [informal], deceitful, deceptive, dishonorable [US], dishonourable [Brit, Cdn], double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, fallacious, false, fraudulent, furacious [archaic], insincere, Janus-faced, larcenous [informal], light-fingered [informal], misleading, picaresque, rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, thieving, thievish, two-faced, untrustworthy, untrusty
Antonym: honest
Encyclopedia: Dishonest