chisel
Nouns
- (n) an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
Verbs
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(v) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
- Who's chiseling on the side?
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(v) 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
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(v) carve with a chisel
- chisel the marble