what is kiting
Kiting. 1. The illegal practice of deliberately misrepresenting the value of a security or transaction in order to extract more funds from a counterparty. 2. The illegal practice of writing a bad check on an account at one bank, depositing it at a second bank, and withdrawing cash. Check holds have made kiting more difficult than it once was. 3. The illegal practice of defacing a check by increasing the amount of money written on it.