dishonesty

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Noun

dishonesty (plural dishonesties)

  1. (uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
  2. (countable) An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Thu Sep 2 22:38:20 2010

Dishonesty is a word which, in common usage, may be defined as the act or to act without honesty. It is used to describe a lack of probity, cheating, lying or being deliberately deceptive or a lack in integrity, knavishness, perfidiosity, corruption or treacherousness. It is used about charlatanism and quacks.

Dishonesty is the fundamental component of a majority of offences relating to the acquisition, conversion and disposal of property (tangible or intangible) defined in the criminal law such as fraud.

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Mon Sep 6 08:35:55 2010

Why do people consider dishonesty to be a sign of corruption of a person's values and priorities?
Q. As such, if a person's values and priorities are corrupted, then what does that mean for their character?
Asked by bio-rogue - Wed Aug 26 13:01:29 2009 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. well not everybodys values and priorities include honesty? so that wouldnt be a corruption of someones values and morals, would it? for me though, it is, though i find white lies to be acceptable :-)
Answered by *C* - Wed Aug 26 13:06:38 2009

Is Christianity the single largest promoter of dishonesty in America?
Q. When you not only lie and pretend to know things that you do not know, but are actually praised for it, there is a tremendously bad precedent being set. If you've grown up on such a message, there's no reason why anybody should trust anything you say or do. And I most certainly would not trust such an individual with access to America's military personnell or nuclear arsenal. Yeah, I'm talking to you conservatives. You are dangerous, and not in some macho honorable way, but in an ignorant insane way.
Asked by gertrude s - Sun Jan 6 14:20:15 2008 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You liberals murder the innocent of the world at a pace that runs circles around the war mongering, self righteous, Christian conservatives. Just because you have almost completely gained control over the popular and news media, and can see to it that those whom you murder die off camera, doesn't actually cleanse your hands of the blood of the innocent victims of your own "Religious Fanaticism". You and your kind are just as dangerous as any Christian or Muslim Fanatic, and I don't mean that in some macho, honorable way, but in an ignorant, insane way.
Answered by Victor S - Sun Jan 6 14:37:10 2008

What are physical and mental signs of dishonesty and love?
Q. I would like to know what can help me identify people lying to me physically (like rubbing the back of your neck) and mentally (stuttering while speaking). I would also like to know what can help me identify people in love with people (not in particularly me) physically (like twisting their hair) and mentally (using a different voice). *** Person whogives me the most correct answers will be given best answer ***
Asked by Plasma Stain - Tue Apr 28 19:49:34 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Seems like a liar will be physically stiff, and mentally cautious when they lie. Looking unnatural or uncomfortable are giveaways. As for love, I found something that seems more like signs of attraction, but basically it shows examples of animal type behavior, such as grooming themselves, copying eachothers mannerisms (both facing eachother, both positioned the same way) and I don't know...I guess the eyes have a lot to say about it. I watched an interesting show about the science of love and one of the more interesting things I remembered about it was that when two people are attracted to eachother, they tracked their heart rates and they would slow or speed to match the other persons heart rate...weird, huh? (other stuff on… [cont.]
Answered by Hattie - Tue Apr 28 20:56:18 2009

From Yahoo Answer Search: "dishonesty"
Sun Sep 5 07:56:51 2010

Dishonesty is the tendency towards untruth.

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  • Just because conduct is distasteful does not mean it automatically deserves legal redress. Just ask the citizens of Sterling, Iowa, who make their town a laughingstock in the media several years ago with their quixotic effort to criminalize lying.
  • When we risk no contradiction, It prompts the tongue to deal in fiction.
    • John Gay, Fables (1727), "The Elephant and the Bookseller"
  • Don’t lie, but don’t tell the whole truth.
  • A lie will gallop halfway round the world before the truth has time to pull its breeches on.
  • On the wings of lies, man can only fly to the land of shame and lowness!
Andrew Malcolm continues to embarrass LA Times with his dishonesty - Media Matters for America (blog)
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Andrew Malcolm continues to embarrass LA Times with his dishonesty

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Laura Bush's former flak just can't help himself when it comes to writing about polling, and specifically Obama's polling. He simply cannot tell the truth ...
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Accomplishing that endeavor in face of obstacles such as dishonesty , deceitfulness, and corruption in the ousting process does not appear to be a pushover ...
Pope speaks out against petty gossip - euronews
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Pope speaks out against petty gossip

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... an easy road pushing aside all efforts, and can even fall to what he calls the lowest, vulgar levels and sink into the swamp of sin and dishonesty . ...

Is the Vatican scandal really about the abuse of power? Foreign Policy

Church Sex Abuse Scandal- Is the Pope To Blame? Watch List News (press release)



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Letters: Dishonesty was governor's error - El Paso Times
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If Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer had approached their local illegal immigration issue with a little more honesty, I believe there probably would have been more people backing it.

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Governor Chris The Situation Christie's Budget Doubles Down on Intellectual . Dishonesty. . Fred Driscoll July 5th, 2010. Gov Christie "The Situation" and Bill Palatucci at the Jersey Shore. Last week the state published an article ...

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