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100 Words to Describe a Dishonest Person

July 17, 2026

100 Words to Describe a Dishonest Person

No. Item Definition
1. backstabber person who betrays secretly
2. backstabbing betraying others secretly
3. blackmailer person using threats for gain
4. bluffer person who deceives by bluffing
5. bogus false and deceptive
6. bounder socially dishonorable person
7. bribable able to be corrupted
8. charlatan fraud pretending expertise
9. cheat dishonest person or deceiver
10. cheating acting unfairly to gain
11. chiseler person who cheats or swindles
12. con artist professional swindler
13. conniving secretly plotting dishonestly
14. corrupt morally dishonest or bribable
15. counterfeiter maker of fake money or goods
16. crook dishonest criminal person
17. crooked dishonest or corrupt
18. deceitful given to lying or trickery
19. deceptive misleading by design
20. devious using indirect dishonest methods
21. dishonest not truthful or fair
22. dishonorable lacking honesty or integrity
23. disingenuous pretending sincerity falsely
24. dodgy probably dishonest or unreliable
25. double-dealing acting deceitfully toward others
26. dubious not trustworthy or honest
27. duplicitous deceptively two-faced
28. embezzler person stealing entrusted money
29. evasive avoiding direct truth
30. exploitative using others unfairly
31. extortionist person obtaining by threats
32. fabricator person inventing false stories
33. fake not genuine or truthful
34. faker someone pretending falsely
35. fibber person who tells small lies
36. fishy seemingly dishonest
37. forger person making false documents
38. fraud a deceitful person
39. fraudulent involving deceit or fraud
40. gaslighter person who distorts reality
41. grifter person living by fraud
42. guileful full of sly deceit
43. heel contemptible, untrustworthy person
44. hustler person using sharp practices
45. hypocrite person whose morals are false
46. impostor person pretending to be another
47. insincere not expressing true feelings
48. Janus-faced deceitfully two-sided
49. knave dishonest man
50. liar person who lies
51. lowlife morally worthless person
52. lying habitually telling lies
53. manipulative controlling others unfairly
54. mendacious habitually lying
55. mercenary motivated only by gain
56. miscreant bad or dishonest person
57. misleader person who leads falsely
58. oily smarmily insincere
59. perfidious treacherously untrustworthy
60. perjurious lying under oath
61. phony fake and insincere
62. pickpocket thief who steals from pockets
63. pretender one falsely claiming status
64. prevaricator person who avoids truth
65. questionable morally doubtful or suspect
66. racketeer person in dishonest schemes
67. rascal dishonest or mischievous person
68. rat treacherous or disloyal person
69. reprobate morally unprincipled person
70. rogue dishonest or unprincipled person
71. rotten morally bad and dishonest
72. scammer person who tricks for gain
73. scheming always plotting for advantage
74. shady seemingly dishonest or suspicious
75. shifty appearing deceitful or evasive
76. slick smoothly but untrustworthily persuasive
77. slippery hard to trust or pin down
78. sly secretively clever and deceitful
79. sneaky secretive and underhanded
80. suspect not to be trusted
81. swindler person who cheats for money
82. thief person who steals
83. traitor person betraying trust or country
84. traitorous betraying trust or loyalty
85. treacherous betraying trust easily
86. trickster person who deceives others
87. tricky likely to deceive
88. turncoat person who changes sides disloyally
89. two-faced different faces to different people
90. underhanded done in a sneaky way
91. unscrupulous without moral principles
92. untrustworthy not deserving trust
93. varlet dishonest or unprincipled man
94. venal open to bribery
95. villain wicked or dishonest person
96. weasel sly, untrustworthy person
97. wicked morally bad or deceitful
98. wily skilled at trickery
99. worm contemptible dishonest person
100. wrongdoer person acting dishonestly or illegally

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