Word

chisel, v.
(chiseling, chiselled, chiselling, chisels)

carve with a chisel
<verb.contact>

chisel

sample sentences

"chisel the marble"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

chisel

semantic pointers

hypernym

carve, chip at

deprive somebody of something by deceit
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

cheat chisel rip off

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Sam cannot %s Sue
They %s him of all his money

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cheating cheat cheater

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rip-off

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

chiseler chiseller

semantic pointers

hyponym

gazump cozen rob, soak, hook, overcharge, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck swindle, defraud, con, victimize, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change gyp, gip bilk beat, bunk whipsaw welsh, welch beguile, juggle, hoodwink

entailment

deceive, delude, lead on, cozen

hypernym

victimize, victimise

engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

cheat chisel

sample sentences

"Who's chiseling on the side?"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Sam and Sue %s

verb frames

Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cheating cheater cheat

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

chiseler chiseller

semantic pointers

hyponym

job shark rig, set up cozen crib fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent

hypernym

deceive, delude, lead on, cozen