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Slang An illicit or unethical way of doing business or obtaining money; a fraud or deceit: "the most dangerous and wide-open drug hustle of them all” ( Newsweek).
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The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
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verb-intransitive
Slang To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling.
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Slang To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.
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To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.
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To move or act energetically and rapidly: We hustled to get dinner ready on time.
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verb-transitive
Slang To pressure into buying or doing something: a barfly hustling the other customers for drinks.
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Slang To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means: hustled stolen watches; hustling spare change.
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To cause or urge to proceed quickly; hurry: hustled the board into a quick decision.
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To push or convey in a hurried or rough manner: hustled the prisoner into a van.
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verb
To convey forcibly or hurriedly.
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To urge forward precipitately.
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To obtain by energetic activity .
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To sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity .
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To sell or promote energetically and aggressively .
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