All breach of trust synonyms

noun breach of trust

• dishonesty — lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat, or steal.
• fraud — deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
• nepotism — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
• crime — A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
• malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
• graft — the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
• bribery — Bribery is the act of offering someone money or something valuable in order to persuade them to do something for you.
• infidelity — marital disloyalty; adultery.
• treason — the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
• treachery — violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason.
• sedition — incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
• demoralization — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
• misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
• shuffle — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
• shadiness — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
• venality — the condition or quality of being venal; openness to bribery or corruption.
• racket — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
• payola — a secret or private payment in return for the promotion of a product, service, etc., through the abuse of one's position, influence, or facilities.
• squeeze — to press forcibly together; compress.
• crooked — If you describe something as crooked, especially something that is usually straight, you mean that it is bent or twisted.
• payoff — the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc.
• unscrupulousness — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
• jobbery — the conduct of public or official business for the sake of improper private gain.
• skimming — an act or instance of skimming.
• double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
• falseness — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
• falsity — the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery.
• perfidy — deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery: perfidy that goes unpunished.
• perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
• violation — the act of violating.
• disaffection — the absence or alienation of affection or goodwill; estrangement; disloyalty: Disaffection often leads to outright treason.
• deceitfulness — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
• apostasy — If someone is accused of apostasy, they are accused of abandoning their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
• inconstancy — not constant; changeable; fickle; variable: an inconstant friend.
• perversion — the act of perverting.
• wickedness — the quality or state of being wicked.
• depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
• immorality — immoral quality, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness.
• bestiality — Bestiality is disgusting behaviour.
• vice — any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
• turpitude — vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.
• villainy — the actions or conduct of a villain; outrageous wickedness.
• bribing — money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.: The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.
• fiddling — trifling; trivial: a fiddling sum of money.
• fraudulency — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
• on the take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
• recreancy — cowardly or craven.
• seditious — of, relating to, or of the nature of sedition.
• bad faith — intention to deceive; treachery or dishonesty (esp in the phrase in bad faith)