to fleeche
- verb
- Archaic
- In ancient tales, villains often fleeched the poor with clever tricks and lies.
Examples
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Don't let them fleeche you out of your savings!
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He tried to fleeche her with false promises.
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Unscrupulous traders would fleeche customers by selling fake goods in the old marketplace.
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Travelers were warned not to let anyone fleeche them out of their valuables.
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Unscrupulous traders would fleeche customers by selling fake goods in the old marketplace.
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Travelers were warned not to let anyone fleeche them out of their valuables.
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He tried to fleeche her with false promises of wealth and success.
Synonyms
To trick someone into giving their money or things
To cheat someone and take their money by lying
Charge someone too much money
Cheat someone to avoid paying money you owe
To trick someone by pretending you want to help them
To trick someone into giving you their money or other things
To trick someone so you take their money or things
To cheat someone out of money or things by tricking them
Get what you want by tricking people or using clever dishonest methods
To cheat someone and take their money or things
To cheat people to get money
To trick someone to get their money or things
To trick someone to take their money or things
To trick someone and take their money or things
To trick someone to get their money
To cheat someone by lying to get their money
To cheat someone using tricks or fake deals
How Deceptive
- Formal
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb fleeche meaning to cheat comes from the same idea as fleece: to take off wool. So to fleeche someone is like 'stripping' them of their money, which is how the word came to mean swindle.