"hot check" meaning in All languages combined

See hot check on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: hot checks [plural]
Etymology: From sense hot (“illegal, stolen”) – compare hot property (“stolen goods”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|hot||illegal, stolen}} hot (“illegal, stolen”), {{m|en|hot property||stolen goods}} hot property (“stolen goods”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hot check (plural hot checks)
  1. (US, Texas) A check with non-sufficient funds (not enough money in the bank to back it up), written fraudulently. Wikipedia link: Non-sufficient funds Tags: Texas, US Categories (topical): Crime Hypernyms (check with insufficient funds, written fraudulently): bad check, bounced check, rubber check Related terms: hot property

Inflected forms

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