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Petty scam largely formulated and staged in same way?
Answer for the clue "Petty scam largely formulated and staged in same way? ", 8 letters:
typecast
Alternative clues for the word typecast
- Given similar parts
- Petty cash running short unfortunately? Always in the same position
- Always playing the same role
- Acts badly after work at keyboard getting the same parts?
- Constantly given the same kind of role
- Pigeonholed, in filmdom
- Give a fitting part
- Restrict to role
- Not having many different parts?
Word definitions for typecast in dictionaries
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Word definitions in WordNet
v. cast repeatedly in the same kind of role identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed" [syn: type ]
Usage examples of typecast.
Every technological innovation was bitterly resisted by Luddite printers and publishers: stereotyping, the iron press, the application of steam power, mechanical typecasting and typesetting, new methods of reproducing illustrations, cloth bindings, machine-made paper, ready-bound books, paperbacks, book clubs, and book tokens.
If central casting had sent him to an HD producer for the role of an over-bred, cretinous aristocrat, the producer would have sent him back with a blistering memo about stereotypes and typecasting.