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skim·ming

(skĭm′ĭng)

1. A portion that has been skimmed from a liquid.

2. An embezzlement fraud in which the information on a credit card is copied, usually when the owner uses the card to make a purchase, and is then loaded onto a fake card to be used fraudulently.

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skimming

(ˈskɪmɪŋ)

the act of not declaring income so as to avoid paying tax

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skim•ming

(ˈskɪm ɪŋ)

n.

the practice of concealing income or profits so as to avoid paying taxes, fees, etc.

[1400–50]

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Noun	1.	skimming - the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
	2.	skimming - reading or glancing through quickly skim reading - the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"
	3.	skimming - failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
	4.	skimming - the act of brushing against while passing grazing, shaving touching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"

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One day he happened to see a Swallow, which had appeared before its season, skimming along a pool and twittering gaily.

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Milking was done betimes; and before the milking came the skimming, which began at a little past three.

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In reality, she was a true balancelle, with two short masts raking forward and two curved yards, each as long as her hull; a true child of the Latin lake, with a spread of two enormous sails resembling the pointed wings on a sea-bird's slender body, and herself, like a bird indeed, skimming rather than sailing the seas.

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I was not a hundred yards from her when the wind came again in a clap; she filled on the port tack and was off again, stooping and skimming like a swallow.

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When the breeze came skimming the earth the sledge seemed to be lifted off the ground by its sails.

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There was no danger in descending close to the lake, and the car was soon skimming its surface like a bird at the distance of only five feet.

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how particular and bashful you are!" and so saying, he seized a bucket and plunging it into one of the half jars took up three hens and a couple of geese, and said to Sancho, "Fall to, friend, and take the edge off your appetite with these skimmings until dinner-time comes."

"I don't know of what sort I am," returned Sancho, "but I know very well I'll never get such elegant skimmings off Basilio's pots as these I have got off Camacho's;" and he showed him the bucketful of geese and hens, and seizing one began to eat with great gaiety and appetite, saying, "A fig for the accomplishments of Basilio!

"Pass judgment on your chivalries, senor," returned Sancho, "and don't set yourself up to judge of other men's fears or braveries, for I am as good a fearer of God as my neighbours; but leave me to despatch these skimmings, for all the rest is only idle talk that we shall be called to account for in the other world;" and so saying, he began a fresh attack on the bucket, with such a hearty appetite that he aroused Don Quixote's, who no doubt would have helped him had he not been prevented by what must be told farther on.

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A bank executive told the media that transactions had been traced to Indonesia, China, and other countries.Several foreigners have been arrested for allegedly stealing data from banks using skimming devices at ATM facilities.

Three more Chinese nationals suspected of ATM skimming fraud arrested, Rs 2.3 million recovered

KARACHI -- Two Chinese Nationals, who were arrested over alleged involvement in ATM skimming scandal, have been remanded into Federal Investigation Agency custody for three days.

Karachi ATM skimming: FIA gets three-day remand of two Chinese nationals

SCOT Alex Lewis stunned spectators and competitors after breaking his own All England Open Stone Skimming Championship record with a 98m skim.