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Chisel (Verb)

Meaning 1

Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

  • Cheat

Hypernyms

  • Cozen
  • Delude
  • Deceive

Hyponyms

  • Fudge
  • Cook
  • Rig
  • Crib
  • Misrepresent
  • Fake
  • Cozen
  • Wangle
  • Shark
  • Falsify
  • Job

Related Words

  • Chiseler (noun)
  • Chiseller (noun)

Meaning 2

Carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Hypernyms

  • Chip At

Related Words

  • Chisel (noun)

Meaning 3

Deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

  • The con artist chiseled the elderly woman out of her life savings with a fake investment scheme.
  • The used car salesman chiseled him out of his earnings from the recent garage sale.
  • She felt the insurance company chiseled her out of a fair compensation for her damaged property.
  • They chiseled him out of the prize money after discovering a minor technicality in the rules.
  • The large corporation chiseled its employees out of their rightful bonuses through clever accounting.

Synonyms

  • Cheat
  • Rip Off

Hypernyms

  • Victimize
  • Victimise

Hyponyms

  • Goldbrick
  • Hornswoggle
  • Bilk
  • Beat
  • Plume
  • Pluck
  • Victimize
  • Mulct
  • Con
  • Overcharge
  • Diddle
  • Gyp
  • Gip
  • Short-change
  • Welsh
  • Welch
  • Gazump
  • Hook
  • Cozen
  • Bunco
  • Rob
  • Swindle
  • Nobble
  • Defraud
  • Bunk
  • Fleece
  • Scam
  • Soak
  • Juggle
  • Whipsaw
  • Beguile

Related Words

  • Chiseler (noun)
  • Chiseller (noun)
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