χρεωκοπέω
From LSJ
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English (LSJ)
A cut down a debt, defraud one's creditors, Plu.2.829c, Str.8.3.29, Ph.1.345: metaph., πολλῶν θανάτων ὀφειλήματα D.S.38/9.8 χ. τὸν λόγον Plu.2.764a; withhold fraudulently, μέρος ἥμισυ ib. 968d; minimize, τι τῆς διδασκαλίας S.E.M.6.6; cut down, Vett.Val.137.13, al.:—Pass., to be cheated or defrauded, Plu.2.829c, Phalar.Ep.81.2; to be disappointed, Herm. ap. Stob.1.49.44. (It is uncertain whether χρεοκ- or χρεωκ- should be read: v. χρεοκ-.)
