# stellionate

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one's own which belongs to another, etc.

## Etymology
From Latin stellionatus (“cozenage, trickery”), from stellio (“a newt, a crafty, knavish person”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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