dishonest
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It added that certain factual witnesses provided evidence "that they knew to be untrue and so had been dishonest".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The survey also helps management understand why people are violating the rules, which lets them address underlying problems instead of treating every violation as evidence that an employee is lazy or dishonest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Navy has disputed some of the reporting, with Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao calling accounts of the crew’s struggles dishonest.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Still, Caltech needed a system to make sure a “handful” of dishonest applicants didn’t sneak by.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Some were violent like the She Elephant, and some were dishonest like Mrs. Horsepool-Worthingham.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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