overreaching

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

overreaching

  1. present participle and gerund of overreach

Noun[edit]

overreaching (plural overreachings)

  1. deception
    • 1786, James Archer, Sermons on Various Moral and Religious Subjects:
      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.
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