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Adjective: dishonest  dis'ó-nist
  1. Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
    - dishonorable [US], dishonourable [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Capable of being corrupted
    "dishonest politicians"
    - corruptible, bribable, purchasable, venal

See also: ambidextrous, beguiling, bent [Brit], blackguardly, corrupt, crooked, deceitful, deceptive, dishonestly, dishonorable [US], dishonourable [Brit, Cdn], double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, fallacious, false, fraudulent, insincere, Janus-faced, misleading, picaresque, rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, shoddy, thieving, thievish, two-faced, untrustworthy, untrusty

Antonym: honest

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