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I could not imagine how sneaky, dishonest and greedy a person my sister, the executor of his will, turned out to be regarding the distribution of our father’s property.

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Passing sentence, Judge Alexander Milne called him "profoundly dishonest" and a "corrupting influence" who had "left a trail of misery".

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Such misrepresentations allowed dishonest borrowers “to circumvent tighter underwriting guidelines imposed by lenders” and obtain lower interest rates.

Azerbaijan’s president accused Russia of trying to cover up its role in the crash, saying that Russian authorities’ explanations—which initially faulted a flock of birds and an exploding gas cylinder—were “foolish and dishonest.”

“My acting teacher told me that I would never work in front of a camera or on stage because I was dishonest in my performances,” he says.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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