fleecing

VERB

plunder, steal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheat defraud gouge overcharge swindle

STRONG

bleed burn clip con cozen despoil flimflam hustle milk mulct pluck rifle rob rook shaft strip

WEAK

jerk around rip off rope in run a game on sell a bill of goods take for a ride take to the cleaners

Antonyms

WEAK

give offer

Example Sentences

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Spencer Jakab sets the record straight in his new book, “The Revolution that Wasn’t: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2022

Takes Amazon’s Golden Fleecing Here is the extremely rare day that the Wall Street Journal and New York Times op-ed page have the exact same opinion.

From The Verge • Nov. 16, 2018

But that’s how it goes in the National Fleecing League.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2016

Ultimate Fleecing UFC’s deal with Fox was supposed to secure its future.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2012

At this time it was his fate to appear at a select meeting of the directors of that Widows' and Orphans' Fleecing Corporation Limited, the prospectus of which he had assisted in drawing up.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various