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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Overreaching
Synonyms for "overreaching" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Verb(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (18)
Verb(8 words)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (31)
Verb(15 words)
overemphasisoverworkphantasmself-deceptionsnow jobsong and dancespoofingsubterfugetaxvictimizationvisionwishful thinking
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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22 entriesarm overreachbureaucratic overreachconstitutional overreachextralegalfinancial overreachleg overreachlegal overreachmanagerial overreachoverambitiousoverbroadoverclaimoverclaimingovercommitovergeneralizeoverpromiseovershoot
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Collocations
14 entriesoverreaching ambitionoverreaching analysisoverreaching argumentoverreaching behavioroverreaching claimoverreaching claimsoverreaching conclusionoverreaching effortoverreaching influenceoverreaching planoverreaching policyoverreaching scopeoverreaching stanceoverreaching strategy
Inflections
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1 entriesSample sentences
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Any work of art/propaganda is surely permitted to lie. But Stone's overreachings in JFK are head-banging. How did he get this thing past the Script Dept.?
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