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"dishonest" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often fraudulent (10 letters).
Definitions
capable of being corrupted
Word origin
From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.
Used in a sentence
““Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.”
“inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars”
“speake dishonest word”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Untruthful”9 letters
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