chiseler
Example Sentences
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When he resigned in 1947 to become a highly paid tax consultant, Truman praised him for fighting “tax chiselers.”
From Washington Post
But with a handful of companies now cornering the insulin market, he said, “it may take a chiseler like Walmart to break the gentleman’s agreement.”
From Los Angeles Times
My wife and I are still trying to untangle the mess left by some chiseler who submitted a phony claim for our tax refund.
From Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, thousands of records newly unearthed by the New York Times reveal him to have been both a lousy businessman and an apparent tax chiseler.
From Washington Post
But we knew he was a tax chiseler and a scoundrel before the Times story broke.
From Washington Post
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