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  • 21deception — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Misrepresentation Nouns 1. (act of deceiving) deception, deceptiveness; falseness, falsehood, untruth; imposition, imposture, misinformation, disinformation; fraud, fraudulence, deceit, deceitfulness,… …

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  • 22disrepute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Want of good reputation Nouns 1. disrepute, disreputableness, discredit, ill repute, bad name, bad odor, ill favor; disapprobation; ingloriousness, derogation, debasement; degradation, obloquy, ignominy; …

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  • 23falsehood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of honesty Nouns 1. falsehood, falseness, dishonesty; falsity, falsification; deception, untruth; lying, misrepresentation, disinformation, plausible denial; mendacity, perjury, forgery, invention,… …

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  • 24illegality — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of legality Nouns 1. illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulness, unconstitutionality; illegitimacy, bar sinister, bastardy; criminality; outlawry; extralegality; criminology; criminalization. See… …

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  • 25rascality — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knavery, villainy, roguery, blackguardism. See improbity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. roguery, villainy, baseness, meanness, knavery, wickedness, culpability, guile, profligacy, chicanery, treachery,… …

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  • 26dishonesty — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deceit, deception, falsehood, trickery, infidelity, faithlessness, falsity, craft, artifice, duplicity, wiliness, untrustworthiness, insidiousness, cunning, guile, perfidiousness, slyness, perfidy, double dealing,… …

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  • 27Timeline of Mensalão Scandal — June * June 8, 2005 A CPI is installed to investigate alleged corruption in the Post Office after the testimony of Roberto Jefferson. Workers Party treasurer Delúbio Soares denies the claims during a press conference and says that he would… …

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  • 28Roman Law —     Roman Law     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Roman Law     In the following article this subject is briefly treated under the two heads of; I. Principles; II. History. Of these two divisions, I is subdivided into: A. Persons; B. Things; C. Actions …

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  • 29bad faith — n: intentional deception, dishonesty, or failure to meet an obligation or duty no evidence of bad faith compare good faith in bad faith: with or characterized by intentional deception or dishonesty possessor in bad faith an obligation …

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  • 30breach of trust — see breach 1a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. breach of trust …

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