adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
appropriation
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The fact that they controlled the company which consented to the transfer was irrelevant in the light of their dishonest appropriation .
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This has the advantage that the cases referred to will be brought within the single concept of dishonest appropriation .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a dishonest lawyer
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a dishonest politician
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A few dishonest dealers give the used car trade a bad name.
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I don't think he was being dishonest - he just didn't know the truth.
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It was dishonest of him to suggest that he actually had a degree from Oxford - he was just there for one term.
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People on welfare are often wrongly characterized as lazy or dishonest .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A second form of corruption was dishonest dealing by the officers of the law.
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A store presumably would not authorise dishonest persons putting items intended to be stolen even into the shop's trolley.
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Any kind of sharp practice or dishonest dealing will infallibly ruin his career.
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For instance, referring to the title, some characters are just and immoral, some are fair and dishonest .
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It was dishonest , he felt.
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There were even rebelliously honest policemen, who might blow the whistle on the dishonest ones.
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They say our commanders are dishonest .