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force the voucher

force the voucher verb: to carry out fraud by placing an advertisement offering to send a list of winners for the purpose of sports betting, and replying to interested parties by sending out vouchers similar to those sent out by respectable commission agents, but displaying double or treble the current odds. The victim is informed that on account of early investments made by the firm, the extra odds can be laid by them, and a remittance is requested. The fraudulent firm later disappears with the money.

Verb

force the voucher (third-person singular simple present forces the voucher, present participle forcing the voucher, simple past and past participle forced the voucher)

  1. (archaic, slang) To carry out fraud by placing an advertisement offering to send a list of winners for the purpose of sports betting, and replying to interested parties by sending out vouchers similar to those sent out by respectable commission agents, but displaying double or treble the current odds. The victim is informed that on account of early investments made by the firm, the extra odds can be laid by them, and a remittance is requested. The fraudulent firm later disappears with the money.

Forms of force the voucher

third-person singular presentforces the voucher
present participleforcing the voucher
past participleforced the voucher
pastforced the voucher

Questions about force the voucher

What does force the voucher mean?
Force the voucher means to carry out fraud by placing an advertisement offering to send a list of winners for the purpose of sports betting, and replying to interested parties by sending out vouchers similar to those sent out by respectable commission agents, but displaying double or treble the current odds. The victim is informed that on account of early investments made by the firm, the extra odds can be laid by them, and a remittance is requested. The fraudulent firm later disappears with the money.
What part of speech is force the voucher?
Force the voucher is a verb.
What is the past tense of force the voucher?
The past tense of force the voucher is forced the voucher.

Words near force the voucher in the dictionary

  1. force quitted
  2. force quitting
  3. force someone's back to the wall
  4. force someone's hand
  5. force the pace
  6. force the voucher
  7. force-fed
  8. force-feed
  9. force-feeding
  10. force-feeds
  11. force-field

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