chisel (something) out of (someone)
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To swindle something from one. That con man chiseled thousands of dollars out of us, I'm ashamed to say. A lot of bad checks have been circulating in the area lately, claiming to be from the local university; in reality, they are scams trying to chisel money out of people. The company's CEO managed to chisel millions of dollars out of his clients, and it was all done in such a way that no one noticed the disappearance of the money until it was too late.
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chisel someone out of something
and chisel something out of someone; chisel something from someoneto get something away from someone by cheating. The scam tried to chisel pension money out of retired people.
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