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to fleeche

to fleeche

9.9
To trick someone to take their money or goods
  • verb
  • Archaic
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  • In ancient tales, villains often fleeched the poor with clever tricks and lies.

Examples

  • Don't let them fleeche you out of your savings!

  • He tried to fleeche her with false promises.

  • Unscrupulous traders would fleeche customers by selling fake goods in the old marketplace.

  • Travelers were warned not to let anyone fleeche them out of their valuables.

  • Unscrupulous traders would fleeche customers by selling fake goods in the old marketplace.

  • Travelers were warned not to let anyone fleeche them out of their valuables.

  • He tried to fleeche her with false promises of wealth and success.

Synonyms

to con
vsto fleeche
  • Informal
61 7.3

To trick someone into giving their money or things

refers to the same deception but in an older form
to swindle
vsto fleeche
20 5.5

To cheat someone and take their money by lying

is the archaic term for the same deceptive act
to fleece
vsto fleeche
  • Informal
14 8.5

Charge someone too much money

has the same deceitful intent but often stresses overcharging
to bilk
vsto fleeche
12 9.5

Cheat someone to avoid paying money you owe

covers the same deceit but in an older vocabulary
to bamboozle
vsto fleeche
  • Informal
11 8.3

To trick someone by pretending you want to help them

is the older word describing similar elaborate deception
to con out of
vsto fleeche
  • Slang
6 8.1

To trick someone into giving you their money or other things

is the old-fashioned label for that deceptive act
to diddle
vsto fleeche
  • UK
6 8.9

To trick someone so you take their money or things

is the archaic name for that kind of deception
to chisel
vsto fleeche
  • Archaic
4 8.9

To cheat someone out of money or things by tricking them

is the older term describing that fraudulent obtaining
to finagle
vsto fleeche
  • Informal
4 8.6

Get what you want by tricking people or using clever dishonest methods

is the archaic term for similar dishonest obtaining
to rook
vsto fleeche
  • Archaic
3 9.9

To cheat someone and take their money or things

is the archaic word used for the same cheating
to grift
vsto fleeche
  • Slang
1 8.9

To cheat people to get money

is the archaic label for carrying out that deception
to cozen
vsto fleeche
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To trick someone to get their money or things

is an older word for that same dishonest trick
to hornswoggle
vsto fleeche
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To trick someone to take their money or things

is a historical term for that same deceptive behaviour
to chouse
vsto fleeche
9.9

To trick someone and take their money or things

is the archaic expression for that same deceptive action
to con someone
vsto fleeche
  • Slang
7.7

To trick someone to get their money

names that same deceptive action in an archaic way
to bunco
vsto fleeche
  • Archaic
9.9

To cheat someone by lying to get their money

is the older term used for similar deceptive schemes
to flimflammer
vsto fleeche
  • Offensive
9.9

To cheat someone using tricks or fake deals

is the older form referring to that same fraud

How Deceptive

to defraud
  • Formal
40 6.9
to fleeche
  • Archaic
9.9
to cheat
474 1.2
to trick
326 3.5
to dupe
58 6.4
to mislead
87 3.9

Surface Forms

fleeche infinitive
fleeched past
fleeched past participle
fleeching present participle
fleeches third person singular

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.