χρεωκοπ-έω · chreōkop-eō — LSJ
cut down a debt, defraud oneʼs creditors, withhold fraudulently, minimize, cut down, to be cheated, defrauded, to be disappointed
cut down a debt, defraud oneʼs creditors, Plu. Vit. aer. al. 2.829c, Str. 8.3.29, Ph. 1.345: metaph., πολλῶν θανάτων ὀφειλήματα D.S. 38/9.8 χ. τὸν λόγον Plu. Amat. 2.764a; withhold fraudulently, μέρος ἥμισυ Sollert. ib. 968d; minimize, τι τῆς διδασκαλίας S.E. M. 6.6; cut down, Vett.Val. 137.13, al.:—Pass., to be cheated or defrauded, Plu. Vit. aer. al. 2.829c, Phalar. Ep. 81.2; to be disappointed, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.44. (It is uncertain whether χρεοκ- or χρεωκ- should be read: v. χρεοκ-.)