Definition of tunnel

tunnel

verb

• to defraud with large gains. Also tunnel out.

  He's rich because he tunneled out the company.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to steal.

  Last edited on Feb 02 1998. Submitted by Paul Mamol from Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia on Feb 02 1998.

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Other terms relating to 'to steal':
loot	Definitions include: money.
rack	Definitions include: breasts.
gank	Definitions include: to execute or murder, usually with a firearm.
kipe	Definitions include: to steal.
house	Definitions include: To steal.
boost	Definitions include: to steal, especially a car.
heist	Definitions include: to steal or swindle something from someone.
kife	Definitions include: to steal.
gaffle	Definitions include: to arrest.
five-finger discount	Definitions include: a pretend occurrence during which stealing is permitted.
pinch	Definitions include: to arrest.
mace	Definitions include: to steal.
bang	Definitions include: to have, to take.
cuff	Definitions include: to steal.
yoink	Definitions include: to steal.
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Other terms relating to 'tunnel':
B and T	Definitions include: "bridge and tunnel".
B and T crowd	Definitions include: "bridge and tunnel" crowd.
bridge-and-tunnel posse	Definitions include: females who live in Jersey, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, or Long Island who go into Manhattan on the weekend for clubbing.
tampon tunnel	Definitions include: vagina.
tunnel of love	Definitions include: a vagina.
tunnel out	Definitions include: to defraud, swindle, or cheat and make lots of money. Also tunnel.
tunnel vision	Definitions include: preoccupation with a single thing.

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