01 a. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
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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.
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Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured.[Obs.]“Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.” — Dryden.
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Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.
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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.