overreaching

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of overreach

noun

  1. deception
    You cannot mention trade or business, for instance, but they will relate the frauds and overreachings by which such an one has acquired the wealth which he now possesses. 1786, James Archer, Sermons on Various Moral and Religious Subjects

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