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FRAUDEUR FISCAL [2 records]

Record 1 2011-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

A shrewd business person skilled at tax evasion.

CONT

Wheeler-Stealer: You won't find the hammer and sickle in Hungary any more. But the most successful entrepreneurs are still chisellers by necessity.

OBS

This compound word comes from the already existing noun "wheeler-dealer" which refers to a schemer, especially in business or politics. To form the new word "wheeler-stealer", "dealer" is changed to "stealer".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

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