on the fiddle



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on the fiddle

Engaged in deceitful, fraudulent, or dishonest means of obtaining money. My career will be over if anyone ever finds out I was on the fiddle during my time as the company treasurer. There are always politicians on the fiddle, looking for ways to use their positions of power to earn a bit more money.
See also: fiddle, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Germana-Italian, Ancient Roman
Ilana-Hebrew
LivioLEE-vyoItalian
Saveliy-Russian
Fleming['flemiŋ]
Donovan-Irish, English