fleeced
Example Sentences
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There’s a big industry built around the secondhand market, and if you look in the right places, you can find a good deal without getting fleeced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
In the media, Blake’s lawyers skillfully demonized Bakley as a “star stalker” and a conscienceless scam artist who had fleeced men all over the country and made countless enemies, many of them possible killers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
No revolutionary, Wood writes, “defended with more vehemence common ordinary people against the aristocracy—‘against being ridden like horses, fleeced like sheep, worked like cattle, and fed and cloathed like swine and hounds.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The Football Supporters' Association has said that fans are being "fleeced" as a result of Fifa's ticketing strategy.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
He met up with his brother Walter in Chicago, where he was fleeced and pickpocketed from the time he hit town till the time he left.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
