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fleeced
adjective as in bereft
adjective as in ruined
Example Sentences
From these have descended the high-bred, silken-fleeced Saxons, whose wool stands confessedly without a rival.
So the sea-god sent a golden-fleeced ram, which Phryxus and Helle mounted and thus escaped from their cruel stepmother.
Call upon Dr Jolliffe indeed, to get a couple of school-boys, whom he had fleeced, into a shindy!
This crime syndicate had its agents in many cities, where victims were selected and sent to the mountains to be fleeced.
If they suppose I'm going to pay half-a-crown for the privilege of being fleeced——!
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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