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dishonestly

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From Middle English dishonestly (“disgracefully”); equivalent to dishonest + -ly.

  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.

    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.