Shave
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Sometimes used to denote the act of obtaining the property of another by oppression and extortion; but it also denotes the buying of existing notes and other securities for money, at a discount.
2 Denio (N. Y.) 293, 300.