dishonestly
In deceitful fashion
Dishonestly describes doing something in a way that involves lying, cheating, or deceiving.
If you answer a question dishonestly, you give false information.
If you obtain something dishonestly, you use fraud or deception to get it.
He admitted he had acted dishonestly in filing his tax returns.
The word implies intent—accidentally giving wrong information isn't acting dishonestly.
In a lying manner
- falselyContrary to fact
- deceitfullyIn a lying manner
- fibbingTelling minor falsehoods
- perjuryCriminal courtroom dishonesty
prevarication · fabrication · falsehood · mendacity · insincerely · disingenuously · duplicitously · hypocritically
Without proper justice
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- cribbingIllicit copying during tests
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
rigging · doping · academic · exam · underhanded · sneaky · covert · advantage
Deliberate deception or fraud
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
manipulation · artifice · cunning · scheming · conniving · two-faced · backstabbing · treachery
Fraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
- extortionObtaining through threats
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
nepotism · money laundering · racketeering · malfeasance · misappropriation · profiteering · exploitation · bribery
False or misleading statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
- equivocationAmbiguous language avoiding commitment
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- obfuscationDeliberate concealment through confusion
disinformation · propaganda · misdirection · half-truths · exaggeration · omission · deflection · evasion
Defrauding through deception
- swindlingFraudulent taking of money
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
- identity theftStealing personal data criminally
phishing · grifting · conning · flimflamming · hustling · impersonating · falsifying · faking
untruthfully
In a lying manner
- falselyContrary to fact
- deceitfullyIn a lying manner
- fibbingTelling minor falsehoods
perjury · prevarication · fabrication · falsehood · mendacity · insincerely · disingenuously · duplicitously · hypocritically · fraudulently
unfairly
Without proper justice
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- cribbingIllicit copying during tests
collusion · rigging · doping · academic · exam · underhanded · sneaky · covert · advantage · impersonation
trickery
Deliberate deception or fraud
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
chicanery · manipulation · artifice · cunning · scheming · conniving · two-faced · backstabbing · treachery · betrayal
embezzlement
Fraudulent taking of entrusted assets
cronyism · nepotism · money laundering · racketeering · malfeasance · misappropriation · profiteering · exploitation · bribery · skimming
misrepresentation
False or misleading statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
- equivocationAmbiguous language avoiding commitment
- spinRapid rotation around axis
obfuscation · disinformation · propaganda · misdirection · half-truths · exaggeration · omission · deflection · evasion · sophistry
scamming
Defrauding through deception
- swindlingFraudulent taking of money
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
identity theft · phishing · grifting · conning · flimflamming · hustling · impersonating · falsifying · faking · pyramid schemes
- shady adverbsdeceitfully, deceptively, fraudulently, sneakily, slyly
- adverbsquickly, slowly, very, really, now
dishonestlyhonestly
In a truthful manner
truthfully · sincerely · straightforwardly · aboveboard · forthrightly
- academic dishonestyUnethical educational conduct