Word of the Day: Devious

Devious:  divergente, desviado, apartado, afastado, desencaminhado,vagante, errante, tortuoso, desencaminhado, errôneo, não franco, não honesto.

Synonyms: wandering, roundabout, out-of-the-way, remote, cunning, deceptive

“The bugs are tough, they're devious and they're gaining new ground in homes and hotel rooms across the country, says Susan Jones, an entomologist at Ohio...”(www.latimes.com, October 25, 2010)

Examples from www.merriam-webster.com:

“a dishonest and devious politician”

“He took us by a devious route to the center of the city.”