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stop payment

noun as in withheld payment

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“He had a catastrophic lapse of judgment when he failed to stop payments to his daughters, and because VAS was helping his family, he failed to see the red flags of these illegal acts.”

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But “a fraudster,” he said, “always makes the loudest noise screaming, yelling and complaining.... The easiest way to find a fraudster is to stop payments and listen, because whoever screams is the one stealing.”

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You know, Elon Musk takes over OPM and he goes straight for the Treasury disbursement system to stop payments where they happen.

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The department has introduced new guidance on how to safely stop payments to vulnerable claimants, the spokesperson added.

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Musk is building up a pretext to stop payment on checks that many elderly people need to survive.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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