to fleece
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8.5
- verb
- /flis/
- Informal
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- Many tourists fall victim to scams where locals fleece them with exorbitant prices for basic services.
- get fleeced
- fleece customers
- fleece investors
They played this legendary card game essentially to like initiate and fleece money out of their friends.
- They played this legendary card game essentially to like initiate and fleece money out of their friends.
- And Yep, they ended up getting fleeced.
- Right now, many of you can recall how a narcissistic family member fleeced you.
- In the short game, yes, In the long game, people, the rich fleecing the poor history is never that kind to.
Examples
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Wall Street was denounced as a den of thieves, fleecing the honest, hardworking citizenry by enticing them into speculation.
Academic text (2010) -
They fleeced him real good.
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But they get them in that short term time frame, that moment, that high and fleece them for a lot of money.
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Both parties exploit their power to fleece the taxpayers as much as they can get away with.
Blog text (8) -
They figure they can fleece us for the whole thing.
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Yes, because she fleeced you for all you had.
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The money in entitlements and pension funds has been fleeced without even a fight.
Blog text (12) -
They fleeced an insurance magnate of hundreds of millions of dollars and disappeared from a roof in New York.
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The contractor tried to fleece us by inflating the price of the renovation project.
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She was shocked to discover that the mechanic had attempted to fleece her by charging for unnecessary repairs.
Synonyms
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6.5
To cheat someone by charging too much money or selling fake goods
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6.4
To charge someone a much higher price than usual
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7.3
To trick someone into giving their money or things
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3.4
To ask someone for more money than a fair price
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9.9
To charge someone too much money
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8.7
Charge someone much more than a fair price
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8.1
To charge someone too much money for something
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8.1
To trick someone into giving you their money or other things
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8.2
Charge customers much more than is fair
Charge someone an unfairly high price
Add an extra fee to a price, often for a special service
To trick someone to take their money or goods
Compounds
A climbing plant that grows back every year with twining stems and fragrant green flowers
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fleece meaning to cheat someone comes from the image of taking a sheep's wool away; to fleece a person is to 'strip' them of money like you would strip a sheep of its fleece. So the modern meaning is a strong picture of being made thin or empty by unfair payment.