The term "dishonest" has been deployed by authors to denote both moral failing and broader social criticism throughout literary history. In some works, it serves as a direct indictment of character: Wilde’s portrayal of a corrupting female influence in "An Ideal Husband" [1] and Mark Twain’s discussion distinguishing between honest and dishonest men [2, 3] exemplify how personal integrity is at stake. At the same time, "dishonest" can refer to deceptive practices that complicate human affairs, as seen in Kafka’s and Dostoyevsky’s accounts of trickery and betrayal [4, 5], as well as in literary inspections of business or political dealings in texts by Stendhal [6] and Carnegie [7, 8]. Moreover, the term is sometimes employed metaphorically to critique an array of societal practices—from the fraudulent actions of contractors and ministers [9, 10] to the pervasive corruption within institutions, thereby emphasizing that dishonesty can be both a personal vice and a systemic failing.