dishonesty
noun
[ dɪsˈɒnɪsti ]
• deceitfulness shown in someone's character or behaviour.
• "the dismissal of thirty civil servants for dishonesty and misconduct"
Similar:
deceit,
deception,
duplicity,
lying,
falseness,
falsity,
falsehood,
untruthfulness,
fraud,
fraudulence,
sharp practice,
cheating,
chicanery,
craft,
cunning,
trickery,
artifice,
artfulness,
wiliness,
guile,
double-dealing,
underhandedness,
subterfuge,
skulduggery,
treachery,
perfidy,
unfairness,
unjustness,
improbity,
rascality,
untrustworthiness,
dishonour,
unscrupulousness,
corruption,
criminality,
lawlessness,
lawbreaking,
misconduct,
crookedness,
shadiness,
foxiness,
dirty tricks,
kidology,
shenanigans,
monkey business,
funny business,
hanky-panky,
jiggery-pokery,
monkeyshines,
codology,
malfeasance,
management,
knavery,
knavishness,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘dishonour, sexual misconduct’): from Old French deshoneste ‘indecency’ (see dishonest).
