dishonestly

comparative more dishonestly · superlative most dishonestly

1. In a dishonest manner.

   Section 13 of the 1968 Act enacts a separate offence of dishonestly abstracting electricity. The separate offence is needed because electricity, like other forms of energy such as heat, is not property.

   2014, A P Simester, J R Spencer, G R Sullivan, Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine

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   Some prominent conservative media figures on Monday dishonestly used the death of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died of Covid-19 complications, to cast doubt on the effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccines.

   2021 October 18, Oliver Darcy, “Right-wing media figures dishonestly use Colin Powell’s death to question Covid vaccines”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2021

   Synonyms: insincerely, untruthfully, false, falsefully, falsely, illegitimately, insincerely, truthlessly · Antonyms: honestly, truthfully, candidly, outright, earnestly, for real, for realsies, forthcomingly