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Chiseler

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Noun

1. chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler

a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chiseler

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noun
1. 
a. 
a hand tool for working wood, consisting of a flat steel blade with a cutting edge attached to a handle of wood, plastic, etc. It is either struck with a mallet or used by hand
b. 
a similar tool without a handle for working stone or metal
verb -els, -elling, -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled
2. 
to carve (wood, stone, metal, etc) or form (an engraving, statue, etc) with or as with a chisel
3. slang
to cheat or obtain by cheating

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Chiseler

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noun
1. 
a hand tool with a sharp, often wedge-shaped, blade for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc., specif., such a tool that is driven with a mallet or hammer
verb intransitive, verb transitiveWord forms: ˈchiseled or ˈchiselled, ˈchiseling or ˈchiselling
2. 
to cut or shape with a chisel
3.  Informal
a. 
to take advantage of by cheating, sponging, etc.
b. 
to get (something) in this way

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Chiseler

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n.
A metal tool with a sharp beveled edge, used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal.
v. chis·eled, chis·el·ing, chis·els or chis·elled or chis·el·ling
v.tr.
1. To shape or cut with a chisel.
2. Informal
a. To cheat or swindle.
b. To obtain by deception.
v.intr.
1. To use a chisel.
2. Informal
a. To use unethical methods; cheat: "who's up, who's down and who's chiseling on the side" (James Reston).
b. To intrude oneself without welcome: always tries to chisel in on our conversations.

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