Dis‐hon″est (?), a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. déshonnête, OF. deshoneste.] 1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope.
Speak no foul or dishonest words before them. Sir T. North.
2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured.
Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,
Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. Dryden.
3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.
4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.
To get dishonest gain. Ezek. xxii. 27.
The dishonest profits of men in office. Bancroft.