defraud+by+cheating

  • 101economy —    The Spanish economy is a modern western style economy based principally on the services sector, which generates just over 60 percent of the country s wealth, compared to about one third generated by industry and construction combined, and… …

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  • 102gouging — n. cutting with a chisel; digging out (i.e. eye, splinter, etc.); swindling, defrauding, cheating (Slang) gaÊŠdÊ’ n. type of chisel; fraud, extortion v. cut with a chisel; force out, scoop out (i.e. an eye, splinter, etc.); swindle, defraud …

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  • 103pettifogging — pet·ti·fog·ging || petɪfÉ‘gɪŋ , fÉ”g / fÉ’g adj. petty, trivial; cheating, swindling petɪfÉ‘g , fÉ”g / fÉ’g v. cheat, deceive; swindle, defraud …

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  • 104swindle — swin·dle || swɪndl n. cheating, fraud, deception v. defraud, cheat, deceive, con …

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  • 105swindled — swin·dle || swɪndl n. cheating, fraud, deception v. defraud, cheat, deceive, con …

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  • 106swindles — swin·dle || swɪndl n. cheating, fraud, deception v. defraud, cheat, deceive, con …

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  • 107swindling — swin·dle || swɪndl n. cheating, fraud, deception v. defraud, cheat, deceive, con …

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  • 108fleece —    to defraud    By robbery or overcharging, from the shearing of sheep:     ... all the petty cutthroat ways and means with which she used to fleece us. (Cleland, 1749 she was a cheating bawd)    And (for non lawyers) see knight of the Golden… …

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  • 109cheat — n 1. cheater, swindler, fraud, confidence man, Sl. con man, Sl. flim flam man, crook, chiseler; fake, phony, humbug, trickster, inveigler, bam boozler, dissembler, bluff, pettifogger; sharper, sharpie, shark, bilker, diddler; adventurer, rogue,… …

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  • 110gyp — v Informal. 1. cheat, swindle, defraud, rob, rook. See cheat(def.3). n 2. swindle, fraud, cheating, Sl. ripoff. See cheat(def. 2). 3. gypper, cheater, cheat, swindler. See cheat(def.1) …

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