Verb (used with object), : The engineers were accused of gold-plating the construction project.    From Dictionary.com. 

We need the Chinooks and the Air Force is not trying to "gold-plate" them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conference of Defence Associations meeting, Feb. 21-22] Reference

Gen. Watt recently said that we 'need the Chinooks and the Air Force is not trying to "gold-plate" them'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinooks to begin blowing?] Reference

The demos are just volunteering to build the “gallows” and are working like mad, to gold-plate it….    From Wordnik.com.  [It doesn’t feel like it, but We Are Winning the Fight Against ObamaCare — Updated - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState] Reference

Nor did he want to try what he called “gold-plate cases” in which there were no complexities, no real challenges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bitter Harvest] Reference

If this is the case, and our government doesn't decide to gold-plate EU legislation on measurements, it must be claimed as a team victory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

If you want to gold-plate these routes for existing riders, use lrt, if you want better transit, just use cheaper non-rail surface options.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canada Line delivers a smooth ride « Stephen Rees's blog] Reference

Put differently, applicants should be allowed to “gold-plate” their patents by paying for the kind of searching review that would merit a presumption of validity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference

I had always believed in the power of political oratory to move voters and was puzzled, at first, by the American tradition of 'gold-plate' dinners aimed at the already 'converted'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]

You don't fill shoes that big; you gold-plate them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference

"And his gold-plate," continued Merrihew, pleased with the idea.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lure of the Mask] Reference

Just think of this gold-plate fact: no one knows anything about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Disappearing] Reference

Pepper Shakers is their chic gold-plate and oxidized bronze finish.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

HDMI 1. 3a 28AWG Cable has a ferrite core and gold-plate connectors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cheap Stingy Bargains] Reference

Since urea prices aren't decontrolled, firms can still gold-plate production costs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

Anastacia would be rich enough to gold-plate Australia and we'd all be walking around with the words 'Celine Dion!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hecklerspray] Reference

Known as the Promethean, the coffin has a hand-polished 14-carat gold-plate finish and blue velvet-lined interior, reported thesun. co.uk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

Watching by the gold-plate shop you will not observe a single glance in the direction of the sea, beautiful as it is, gleaming under the sunlight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Open Air] Reference

"We could effectively gold-plate every component in the system, but the cost would mean that people can't afford the rates that would result to pay for it.".    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com Weather News] Reference

Filmon was part of the foundation when it raised millions of dollars through major gold-plate dinners and other events in support of Canadian Olympic athletes.    From Wordnik.com.  [CBC | Top Stories News] Reference

DEFRA announced it would "gold-plate" the new regulations in the UK, requiring producers who achieve good welfare to be limited to a stocking density of 39kg/sq.    From Wordnik.com.  [FWi - All News] Reference

The sustaining company will gold-plate its product in order to chase high-end price-insenstive customers; the disruptor will seek out price-sensitive low-end customers.    From Wordnik.com.  ["BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader] Reference

He suggested he is considering offering health tourism packages to rich Americans and Europeans who want to come to B.C. hospitals for specialized treatments at gold-plate payment rates.    From Wordnik.com.  [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference

And she benches her Poms; has boxes at the Horse Show and the Opera; gives gold-plate dinners, and Heaven knows what! ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poor Little Rich Girl] Reference

"No more than I think it would be the better," said Aldous, quietly, "if we could do away with gold-plate and false hair to-morrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marcella] Reference

Obviously, though, they aren’t a barometer of anything – if they were then Anastacia would be rich enough to gold-plate Australia and we’d all be walking around with the words ‘Celine Dion!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stevie Wonder Implies That God Killed John Lennon] Reference

No Way! "tries to compare the Castro regime to U.S. robber barons who despite massive Federal largesse continued to gold-plate their bathrooms, fly their private jets, and dole out oodles of undeserved bonuses.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Tho 'gold-plate tiled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poems] Reference

"They tend to gold-plate transmission projects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Market News] Reference