dishonest
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He said the Met had considered the reputational risks of using the "divisive" technology, but added that it helped identify "unacceptable, dishonest, corrosive behaviours" among officers.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
He promises to present his story faithfully; as he observes, “a dishonest memoir is as pointless as a book without a reader.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
To them, Owens is tenacious, entertaining, earnest and sincere — a voice they trust in a dishonest and chaotic media landscape.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
“If it’s just slapping a brand name on a pre-existing screen, that feels very deceptive and dishonest to me,” Storch said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
I’d done only a page and I started to hurry through the rest in impatient and slightly dishonest fashion, writing out the English and translating word by word.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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