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  1. 1. a. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. Source: opted
  6. 6. adj. deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adj. capable of being corrupted Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.] Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope. Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. Sir T. North. 2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.] Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. Dryden. 3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man. 4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust. To get dishonest gain. Ezek. xxii. 27. The dishonest profits of men in office. Bancroft. To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.] I will no longer dishonest my house. Chapman. Source: webster
  9. 9. To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.]I will no longer dishonest my house. Chapman. Source: adambom
  10. 10. j:100 a. deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive Source: ecdict

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