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Ringing The Change

In criminal law. A trlck practised by a crimlnal, by which, on receiving a good piece of money in payment of an article, he pretends it is not good, and, changing it. returns to the buyer a spurious coin. See 2 Leach, 786; Bouvier

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)