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chisel

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an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer.(noun)

source: webster1913

engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud(verb.social)

Example:
Who's chiseling on the side?.

Synonym:
cheat

source: wordnet30
deprive somebody of something by deceit(verb.social)

Example:
They chiseled me out of my money.

Synonym:
cheat, rip off

source: wordnet30
carve with a chisel(verb.contact)

Example:
Chisel the marble.

source: wordnet30
To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.(verb)

source: webster1913

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