To cheat, swindle, or defraud someone; an alternative spelling of chisel in its slang sense.
Variant spelling of chisel, drawing from the metaphor of a chisel cutting into or wearing away material. The spelling variant emerged in informal British English.
The original 'chisel' tool inspired this word because chiseling gradually wears away material—perfect metaphor for how cheaters gradually steal from others!
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