unscrupulousness
Ethics thrown aside
Unscrupulousness is a lack of moral principles or ethical restraint—willingness to act dishonestly or unfairly to achieve one's ends.
The word implies calculated disregard for what's right: His unscrupulousness in business dealings eventually caught up with him.
Where scruples are moral hesitations, unscrupulousness is their absence.
Disposition toward falsehood
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
subterfuge · misrepresentation · falsification · manipulation · trickery · artifice · scheming · fabrication
Lacking moral standards
- unethicalViolating moral standards
- dishonorableLacking integrity or ethics
- shamelessLacking moral embarrassment
- amoralWithout ethical concern
unconscionable · devious · conniving · calculating · underhanded · shifty · slippery · two-faced
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
cronyism · extortion · misappropriation · profiteering · racketeering · malfeasance · collusion · venality
Underhanded control of others
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- predationHunting and consuming prey
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
- profiteeringExploiting scarcity for gain
coercion · extortion · opportunism · usurpation · swindling · cheating · overreaching · preying
dishonesty
Disposition toward falsehood
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
chicanery · subterfuge · misrepresentation · falsification · manipulation · trickery · artifice · scheming · fabrication · fraud
unprincipled
Lacking moral standards
- unethicalViolating moral standards
- dishonorableLacking integrity or ethics
- shamelessLacking moral embarrassment
amoral · unconscionable · devious · conniving · calculating · underhanded · shifty · slippery · two-faced · self-serving
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
nepotism · cronyism · extortion · misappropriation · profiteering · racketeering · malfeasance · collusion · venality · fraud
manipulation
Underhanded control of others
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- predationHunting and consuming prey
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
profiteering · coercion · extortion · opportunism · usurpation · swindling · cheating · overreaching · preying · leverage
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- dishonestydishonesty, deceit, duplicity, lying, mendacity
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Careful moral precision
conscientiousness · integrity · rectitude · probity · virtue
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Truthfulness, sincerity
truthfulness · candor · sincerity · forthrightness · truth
unscrupulousnessfairness
Just and equal treatment
fair-mindedness · honor · honorableness · uprightness · incorruptibility
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