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Such dishonesty is trivial (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fiddling

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'is trivial' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for fiddling that I've seen before include "petty" , "wasting time?" , "Cooking the books" , "Tinkering - trifling" , "Such swindles may be" .)

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