Legal Definition and Related Resources of Dishonesty
Meaning of Dishonesty
Synonyms of Dishonesty
noun
- bad faith
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- corruption
- corruptness
- cozenage
- deceit
- deceitfulness
- deception
- deviation from probity
- dishonor
- disingenuousness
- disposition to deceive
- disposition to defraud
- disposition to lie
- duplicity
- faithlessness
- false swearing
- falseheartedness
- falsehood
- falseness
- falsification
- falsity
- fraudulence
- fraudulency
- fraus
- furtiveness
- improbitas
- improbity
- infidelity
- insincerity
- inveracity
- knavery
- knavishness
- lack of conscience
- lack of honesty
- lack ofintegrity
- lack of principle
- lack of probity
- lying
- mendaciousness
- mendacity
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- perjury
- prevarication
- surreptitiousness
- thievishness
- treacherousness
- trickiness
- truthlessness
- undependability
- underhand dealing
- underhandedness
- unreliability
- unscrupulousness
- unstraightforwardness
- untrustworthiness
- untruth
- untruthfulness
- violation of trust
- want of integrity
- wiliness
- Associated Concepts: criminal acts
- dishonest acts
- fraudulent acts
Related Entries of Dishonesty in the Encyclopedia of Law Project
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Dishonesty in Historical Law
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Dishonesty in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of dishonesty.
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See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Policeman
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- dishonesty in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- dishonesty in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
English Legal System: Dishonesty
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Dishonesty :
An element of liability in *theft, *abstracting electricity, *deception, *handling stolen goods, and some related offences. To convict of such offences the magistrates or jury must be satisfied that what was done was dishonest by the standards of ordinary decent people and that the defendant realized this at the time.
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