fleecing

verbplunder, steal

Synonyms for fleecing

verb plunder, steal

Antonyms for fleecing

Word Origin & History

1530s in the literal sense of "to strip a sheep of fleece;" 1570s in the figurative meaning "to cheat, swindle," from fleece (n.). Related: Fleeced; fleecing.

Example Sentences for fleecing

It was beastly to think of fleecing the girls, don't you know.

Commend me to the French hotel-proprietor for fleecing you in cold blood.

And all the way, never a hotel for the fleecing of the foreigner!

The house is then used for the fleecing of another novice; and so on.

He said that fleecing me would be child's play for the merest beginner.

He was further accused of fleecing the country for his own profit.

A monopoly, that never neglects an opportunity for fleecing the public.

The giant came headlong, and there he is fleecing his head and neck in the thorns.

He was not a lamb among wolves, by any means, but the fleecing he got suggested that.

He is coining money and fleecing people most scandalously; child now luckily in hospital; spoke strongly to parents on the point.