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Noun: chisel  chi-zul
  1. An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
Verb: chisel (chiselled,chiselling, or [US] chiseled,chiseling)  chi-zul
  1. Engage in deceitful behaviour; practice trickery or fraud
    - cheat
     
  2. Deprive somebody of something by deceit
    "we were chiselled by their clever-sounding scheme"
    - cheat, rip off
     
  3. Carve with a chisel
    "chisel the marble"

Derived forms: chiseling, chiselled, chisels, chiselling

See also: chiseler [US]

Type of: carve, chip at, cozen, deceive, delude, edge tool, lead on, victimise [Brit], victimize

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