| NOUN | artifact | chisel | an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge |
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| VERB | social | chisel, cheat | engage in deceitful behavior |
| social | chisel, cheat, rip off | deprive somebody of something by deceit | |
| contact | chisel | carve with a chisel |
| Sounds | chih'zahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge. | |
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| Narrower | burin | A chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point |
| cold chisel, set chisel | Narrow chisel made of steel | |
| drove, drove chisel | A stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone / stone | |
| firmer chisel | A chisel with a thin blade for woodworking | |
| ripping chisel | A long chisel with a slightly bent cutting end | |
| wood chisel | A chisel for working wood | |
| Broader | edge tool | Any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane / plane or gouge) |
| Verbs | chisel | carve with a chisel |
| Meaning | Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud / fraud. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "Who's chiseling on the side?" | |
| Synonym | cheat | |
| Narrower | cozen | Act with artful deceit |
| crib | Use a crib, as in an exam | |
| fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent | Tamper, with the purpose of deception | |
| job | Profit privately from public office and official business | |
| rig, set up | Arrange the outcome of by means of deceit | |
| shark | Play the shark | |
| Broader | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
| Nouns | chiseller, chiseler | a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud / fraud |
| Meaning | deprive somebody of something by deceit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody of something | |
| Example | "They chiseled me out of my money" | |
| Synonyms | cheat, rip off | |
| Entails | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
| Narrower | beat, bunk | avoid paying |
| bilk | cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money | |
| cozen | cheat or trick | |
| gazump | Raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price | |
| juggle, beguile, hoodwink | Influence by slyness | |
| overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook | rip off | |
| victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con | deprive of by deceit | |
| welsh, welch | cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt | |
| whipsaw | victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations | |
| Broader | victimize, victimise | make a victim / victim of |
| Nouns | chiseller, chiseler | a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud / fraud |
| Meaning | carve with a chisel. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "chisel the marble" | |
| Broader | carve, chip at | engrave / engrave / engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface |
| Nouns | chisel | an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge |