devious
to be dishonest but clever
TRANSLATION
devious = abwegig, hinterhältig, krumm, trickreich, verschlagen (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX devious: approximately 16,000,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The most DEVIOUS spyware doesn't leave traces you would notice, so scan your system anyway.
(adapted from PC Magazine)
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It is difficult indeed to understand the ego in its depth and DEVIOUS ways.
- Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Indian spiritual leader
(adapted from PC Magazine)
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It is difficult indeed to understand the ego in its depth and DEVIOUS ways.
- Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Indian spiritual leader
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know?
devious
adjective
- describes people or plans and methods that are dishonest, often in a complicated way, but often also clever and successful
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
- departing from the correct or accepted way; erring
- deviating from the straight or direct course; roundabout
- away from a main road or course; distant or removed
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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WORD ORIGIN
Etymology: The word devious (circa 1600) derives from the Latin devius, meaning remote or out of the way. The figurative sense of deceitful was first recorded around 1633.
Devious. There is no better word to describe the increasing occurrences of cyberscams. What is a cyberscam? Cyber is a prefix for anything involving computers, particularly the Internet, and a scam is an illegal plan for making money. The Internet is a playground for dishonest people looking to make easy money at the expense of others. Your e-mail inbox (unless you have an excellent spam filter) shows just how common junk mail and cyberscams have become.
Some estimates place the worldwide cost of spam on business productivity as high as $20 billion per year. As a result, governments, businesses and other organisations are implementing systems, and in some cases legislation, in an effort to reduce the amount of junk mail and illegal Internet schemes. Despite these measures, the risk of devious cyber-activity is likely to remain for a long time.
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SYNONYMS
aberrant, artful, calculating, crafty, crooked, deceitful, dishonest, double-dealing, duplicitous, errant, erring, evasive, fishy, foxy, fraudulent, guileful, indirect, insidious, insincere, not kosher, not straightforward, oblique, roundabout, scheming, shady, shifty, shrewd, sly, sneaking, sneaky, surreptitious, treacherous, tricky, underhanded, wily
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition)
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ANTONYMS
aboveboard, honest, open, straightforward, trustworthy, truthful
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition)
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Keep your distance from him, he has a reputation for being devious."
adjective
- describes people or plans and methods that are dishonest, often in a complicated way, but often also clever and successful
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
- departing from the correct or accepted way; erring
- deviating from the straight or direct course; roundabout
- away from a main road or course; distant or removed
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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WORD ORIGIN
Etymology: The word devious (circa 1600) derives from the Latin devius, meaning remote or out of the way. The figurative sense of deceitful was first recorded around 1633.
Devious. There is no better word to describe the increasing occurrences of cyberscams. What is a cyberscam? Cyber is a prefix for anything involving computers, particularly the Internet, and a scam is an illegal plan for making money. The Internet is a playground for dishonest people looking to make easy money at the expense of others. Your e-mail inbox (unless you have an excellent spam filter) shows just how common junk mail and cyberscams have become.
Some estimates place the worldwide cost of spam on business productivity as high as $20 billion per year. As a result, governments, businesses and other organisations are implementing systems, and in some cases legislation, in an effort to reduce the amount of junk mail and illegal Internet schemes. Despite these measures, the risk of devious cyber-activity is likely to remain for a long time.
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SYNONYMS
aberrant, artful, calculating, crafty, crooked, deceitful, dishonest, double-dealing, duplicitous, errant, erring, evasive, fishy, foxy, fraudulent, guileful, indirect, insidious, insincere, not kosher, not straightforward, oblique, roundabout, scheming, shady, shifty, shrewd, sly, sneaking, sneaky, surreptitious, treacherous, tricky, underhanded, wily
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition)
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ANTONYMS
aboveboard, honest, open, straightforward, trustworthy, truthful
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition)
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Keep your distance from him, he has a reputation for being devious."
