Improbity

  • 121fink — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., slang, [stool]pigeon, rat, informer; strikebreaker, scab. v. i. inform on, squeal, rat; scab. See information, improbity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. Sl. informer, *rat, *tattletale, *snake,… …

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  • 122foul — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dirty, soiled, disgusting; stormy, unpleasant; obscene, indecent; clogged, choked, entangled; unfair, underhand. See uncleanness, impurity, improbity. fall foul of II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Soiled] …

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  • 123fraternize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. associate, band together; consort or mingle with; collaborate. See sociality, combination, improbity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. consort, associate, socialize, hobnob; see associate 1 , join 2 . III… …

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  • 124gate-crasher — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. intruder, trespasser (see ingress, improbity). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. interloper, trespasser, uninvited, guest, crasher*; see also intruder …

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  • 125graft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. inoculate, bud, transplant, implant, join, crossbreed. See mixture, insertion. n. corruption, porkbarrel politics. See stealing, improbity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A jointure for growth] Syn. scion,… …

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  • 126guilt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fact or sense of commission of wrong Nouns 1. guilt, guiltiness, culpability, chargeability, criminality, improbity, sinfulness (see badness). See accusation. 2. (act of doing wrong) misconduct,… …

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  • 127ill-gotten — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See improbity …

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  • 128infamous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. shameful, abominable, disgraceful, unspeakable, contemptible; heinous, atrocious, base, discreditable. See improbity, disrepute. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Bad] Syn. odious, nefarious, base, vile;… …

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