Bad check (4 letters)

{ Answer }

KITE

{ Related Clues }

Box ___
Elanet
Soar
Bird of prey
Buzzard's cousin
Cheat on a check
Cousin of a hawk
Falcon for Franklin?
Falcon's cousin
Flying toy
Franklin flew one
Franklin's flier
Hawk of a sort
High flier
Inflate a check
March plaything
Predatory bird
Rise rapidly
Sky box?
Tamper with a check
Tamper with checks
Tom of golf
Tom of the P.G.A.
Toy on a string
Toy with a tail
Commit check fraud
End of many a string
Flier with a ground connection?
Fork-tailed hawk
Forked-tailed hawk
Franklin's lightning rod
Item raised by Franklin
Paper-and-string flier
Pass, as a forged check
Swallow-tailed bird
Toy with a cross frame
Toy with strings attached
The wind unwinds it
Wind-up toy?
It's found on the end of a string
It's often gone with the wind
One of many lost by Charlie Brown
Put out bad checks
Letter smuggled past prison censors

{ Tags }

bad, bird, box, buzzards, cheat, check, cousin, flier, franklin, franklins, hawk, high, item, kite, sky, string, tail, tailed, tom, toy, wind

{ Notes }

The answer KITE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 180 puzzles.

{ Definition }

KITE as a noun:

1. a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value

2. a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float

3. plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string

4. any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

KITE as a verb:

1. increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited many checks"

2. get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman kited millions of dollars"

3. soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"

4. fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model"