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dishonestly

[ US /dɪˈsɔnəstɫi/ ]
[ UK /dɪsˈɒnɪstli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a corrupt and deceitful manner
    he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend

How To Use dishonestly In A Sentence

  • The auditor says that the report does not suggest that any officer or councillor acted dishonestly. Times, Sunday Times
  • I think more behave honestly than dishonestly. Times, Sunday Times
  • They deny conspiring to defraud the borough's returning officer by dishonestly causing and permitting applications for proxy votes. Times, Sunday Times
  • They deny conspiring to defraud the borough's returning officer by dishonestly causing and permitting applications for proxy votes. Times, Sunday Times
  • The auditor says that the report does not suggest that any officer or councillor acted dishonestly. Times, Sunday Times
  • Third, people can betray the work that they have been given by doing it poorly or dishonestly and corrupting the final product.
  • Her claim came as she faced jail after being convicted of dishonestly raking in jobseeker's allowance, housing benefits and income support. The Sun
  • She somewhat hubristically, and I believe rather dishonestly, credits her new found contentment to herself, her will, her desire to bring it all about. Ester Amy Fischer: My Year of Eating, Praying, Loving: Healing Journey or Hocus Pocus?
  • So long as they don't act dishonestly or deceitfully, and so long as they don't violate some specific law, people living in our society are still free to conduct their affairs any which way they please.
  • The claimant had been charged with dishonestly obtaining loans from building societies and obtaining housing benefit payments by furnishing false information. Times, Sunday Times
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