as in to defraud
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It has been documented that his private business practices have defrauded banks, contractors, and customers.—
Peter Balakian
July 9,
Literary Hub,
9 July 2025 -
As The Star and others have previously reported, McBee could be heading for prison in real life after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal government out of more than $3 million.—
Mike Hendricks
July 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 July 2025
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Trump and his far-right acolytes are pushing to shortchange those efforts in part to award tax breaks that largely would benefit the ultra-wealthy.—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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That Investors Should Track Corporate America is shortchanging itself, or at least the companies that participate in the DEI rollback are.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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“Clean (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clean%20%28out%29. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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