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Definition of Overtoiling
1. overtoil [v] - See also: overtoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtoiling
Literary usage of Overtoiling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"... pleaded guilty to criminal and civil overtoiling charges. Clines, on behalf
of the corporate entity that held his 49 percent interest, paid a $10000 ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1867)
"... to-morrow It is human bone and moscie, vein and artery, sinew and nerve ;
beating pulse, heaving lungs, toiling, ah, sometimes, overtoiling brain. ..."
3. Narratives of Early Virginia, 1606-1625 by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1907)
"... would not content himselfe with that repulse, but returned againe in the
search; and there safely arived.1 But overtoiling himselfe, on a surfeit died. ..."
4. Health Security: The President's Report to the American People by Domestic Policy Council (U. S.) (1993)
"5) The Health Security Act criminalizes health-care fraud, including overtoiling,
and imposes stiff penalties on those who cheat the system. ..."
5. Financial Investigations: A Financial Approach to Detecting and Resolving Crimesby Don Vogel by Don Vogel (1999)
"overtoiling Schemes Illicit funds may be added to legitimate payments for goods
or services provided by actual suppliers, with the additional amounts being ..."
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