hot check

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A check with non-sufficient funds (not enough money in the bank to back it up), written fraudulently.

Word forms

hot check hot checks

Etymology

From sense hot (“illegal, stolen”) – compare hot property (“stolen goods”).

Related words

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