Synonyms of fleeces

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noun

plural of fleece

as in wools

the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick

learning how to shear the fleece off a sheep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wools
• coats
• hairs
• jackets
• furs
• piles
• pelts
• pelages
• skins
• undercoats
• leathers
• hides
• underfurs

fleeces

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fleece

as in plucks

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

swindlers who use the telephone to fleece senior citizens out of their savings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plucks
• cheats
• stings
• hustles
• squeezes
• sticks
• beats
• shorts
• skins
• screws
• mulcts
• hoses
• bilks
• suckers
• tricks
• swindles
• reams
• defrauds
• deceives
• chisels
• cons
• victimizes
• does
• bleeds
• nobbles
• stiffs
• fiddles
• shakes down
• rooks
• cozens
• skunks
• gaffs
• rips off
• thimblerigs
• chouses
• exploits
• diddles
• shortchanges
• euchres
• fools
• flimflams
• clips
• wrenches
• takes to the cleaners
• extorts
• milks
• betrays
• takes for a ride
• does in
• gouges
• gulls
• sells a bill of goods to
• dupes
• nicks
• overcharges
• soaks
• wrings
• wrests
• bitches
• ropes (in)
• bamboozles
• double-crosses
• fast-talks