Section 13 of the 1968 Act enacts a separate offence of dishonestly abstracting electricity. The separate offence is needed because electricity, like other forms of energy such as heat, is not property.
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Dishonestly
Synonyms for "dishonestly" (18 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (5)
Adverb(4 words)
Related words (9)
Adverb(1 words)
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Antonyms
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1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 10 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- oneerlik adv (in a dishonest manner)
Catalan
1 entries- deshonestament adv (in a dishonest manner)
Dutch
1 entries- oneerlijk adv (in a dishonest manner)
Finnish
1 entries- epärehellisesti adv (in a dishonest manner)
French
1 entries- malhonnêtement adv (in a dishonest manner)
Italian
1 entries- disonestamente adv (in a dishonest manner)
Polish
1 entries- nieszczerze adv (in a dishonest manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- desonestamente adv (in a dishonest manner)
Spanish
1 entries- deshonestamente adv (in a dishonest manner)
Swedish
1 entries- oärligt adv (in a dishonest manner)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Some prominent conservative media figures on Monday dishonestly used the death of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died of Covid-19 complications, to cast doubt on the effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccines.
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