overreaching

adj

1. That overreaches (all senses).

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of overreach

noun

1. The act or process of overreach (e.g. reaching beyond or extending past acceptable limits).
2. Deception.

   “You cannot mention trade or business, for instance, but they will relate the frauds and overreachings by which such an one has acquired the wealth which he now possesses.”

   “Any work of art/propaganda is surely permitted to lie. But Stone's overreachings in JFK are head-banging. How did he get this thing past the Script Dept.?”