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skimming

[skim-ing] / ˈskɪm ɪŋ /
NOUN
corruption
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bribery crime exploitation extortion fraud graft malfeasance nepotism
STRONG
crookedness demoralization jobbery misrepresentation payoff payola racket shadiness shuffle squeeze unscrupulousness venality
WEAK
breach of trust bribing fiddling fraudulency on the take profiteering shady deal
Antonyms
WEAK
cleanliness cleanness decency goodness honesty honor kindness pureness purification purity sterility truthfulness wholesomeness
NOUN
embezzlement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fraud larceny misappropriation misuse theft
STRONG
abstraction appropriation defalcation misapplication peculation pilferage thieving
WEAK
filching pilfering purloining
Antonyms
WEAK
compensation pay reimbursement return
NOUN
graft
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bribe corruption
STRONG
gain hat juice money pay payola peculation shake share squeeze thievery
WEAK
hush money money under the table
NOUN
villainousness
Synonyms
STRONG
bestiality bribery crime crookedness demoralization depravity exploitation extortion fraud graft immorality jobbery malfeasance misrepresentation nepotism payoff payola perversion racket shadiness shuffle squeeze turpitude unscrupulousness venality vice villainy wickedness
WEAK
breach of trust bribing fiddling flagitiousness fraudulency on the take profiteering shady deal
Antonyms
STRONG
justice virtue

Example Sentences

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Readers less enrapt about the details of these might find themselves skimming sections about them, or those about operating-system updates and later iMac models.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Entrant Jonathan Jennings went on to victory last week as the contest's first American winner, skimming his stones a cumulative distance of 177m.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

His troubled marriage to Dorothy Binney Putnam, an heiress, did not restrain him from skimming her fortune to defray his expenses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025

And those looks are just skimming the surface.

From Salon • May 6, 2025

An ocean teeming with sea life, from tiny coral polyps to massive whales to birds skimming the surface of the waves.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila