The
act of receiving something valuable from another person who worked very
hard to improve or repair it, promising to treat the
thing well, then treating it shabbily and tossing it aside.
“I gave that antique sewing machine I restored to my
cousin because he
said he’d take care of it for me. Then he turned around and pawned it a week later. I
don’t understand why he would Muleshoe me like that.”