Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
fraudulent or dishonest act — One which involves bad faith, a breach of honesty, a want of integrity, or moral turpitude. Hartford Ace. & Indem. Co. v. Singer, 185 Va. 620, 39 S.E.2d 505, 507, 508 … Black's law dictionary
dishonest — I adjective beguiling, bogus, cheating, conniving, conscienceless, contrary to fact, corrupt, corruptible, counterfeit, cunning, deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, delusive, delusory, designing, destitute of good faith, destitute of integrity,… … Law dictionary
Dishonest assistance — Dishonest assistance, or knowing assistance, is a type of third party liability under trust law. It is usually seen as one of two liabilities established in Barnes v Addy,[1] the other one being knowing receipt. To be liable for dishonest… … Wikipedia
fraudulent — fraud·u·lent adj: characterized by, based on, or done by fraud compare deceptive, false, misleading fraud·u·lent·ly adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. M … Law dictionary
fraudulent conversion — UK US noun [U] LAW ► the act of using money or property that is not your own for illegal or dishonest purposes: »The high profile broker pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulent conversion of clients funds … Financial and business terms
dishonest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. false, untrustworthy, deceitful, cheating, fraudulent, crooked. See falsehood, improbity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not honest] Syn. deceiving, lying, untruthful, double dealing, deceitful,… … English dictionary for students
dishonest — adj. (of a person, act, or statement) fraudulent or insincere. Derivatives: dishonestly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF deshoneste (as DIS , HONEST) … Useful english dictionary
rort — A fraudulent or dishonest act or practice (a tax rort). Also used as a verb (to rort the system). Rort comes from standard English rorty meaning boisterous, jolly , and, in the late nineteenth century, coarse, of dubious propriety . The second… … Australian idioms
rort — [rɔ:t] informal noun 1》 Austral./NZ a fraudulent or dishonest act or practice. 2》 Austral. dated a wild party. verb Austral./NZ 1》 manipulate (a ballot or records) fraudulently. 2》 work (a system) to obtain the greatest benefit. Origin 1930s:… … English new terms dictionary
Options backdating — is the practice of issuing options contracts on a later date than that which the options have listed. While options backdating is not, in and of itself, an illegal practice,[1] intentional backdating that coincides with low underlying stock… … Wikipedia
