Dishonesty

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

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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

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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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