clean (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clean (out)
Verb
  • Listen to this article A Connecticut man faces wire fraud charges for allegedly defrauding Amazon out of more than $3 million.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
  • By Bay City News A Fairfield travel agent has been sentenced to nine years behind bars for defrauding members of the South Asian community in Northern California, state prosecutors said Friday.
    Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • Michael Martin, a nonresident fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the military could slow the delivery of supplies, deny visas to relief workers or direct more aid to areas nominally under its control, shortchanging areas under opposition control.
    Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • This is important to make sure New York as a whole is not shortchanged and promotes fair representation and service allocations for all neighborhoods.
    Julie Menin, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Clean (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clean%20%28out%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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