Dishonest \Dis*hon"est\, v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester.]
   To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.]
   
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         I will no longer dishonest my house.     --Chapman.
   
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Dishonest \Dis*hon"est\, a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F.
   d['e]shonn[^e]te, OF. deshoneste.]
   1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]
      
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            Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. --Pope.
      
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            Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the
            women].                               --Sir T.
                                                  North.
      
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   2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.]
      
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            Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,
            Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
                                                  --Dryden.
      
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   3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed
      to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.
      
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   4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity;
      knavish; fraudulent; unjust.
      
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            To get dishonest gain.                --Ezek. xxii.
                                                  27.
      
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            The dishonest profits of men in office. --Bancroft.
      
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