cleaned (out)

verb

past tense of clean (out)
as in defrauded

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  1. defrauded
  2. shortchanged
  3. denuded
Verb
  • Some immigrants requested more time before their next hearings, presenting evidence of having been defrauded by unscrupulous attorneys profiled in local news reports.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The Clippers continued to put the onus of guilt onto Joe Sanberg, the co-founder of Aspiration who has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in a long-term scheme that defrauded lenders and investors of more than $248 million.
    — Law Murray, New York Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of defrauded
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  • One side tends to feel shortchanged, and the other two have to decide whether to kick in more value to save the deal.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 23 July 2026
  • Still after the match controversy arose after some fans thought Haiti’s men soccer team, Les Grenadiers, were shortchanged.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 June 2026
Definition of shortchanged
Verb
  • Against this show, college dorm room posters of melting clocks feel utterly denuded, with regrets to the angsty teens pinning them up.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
  • ProPublica and High Country News observed overgrazing in multiple states, including streambeds trampled by cattle, grasslands denuded by grazing and creeks fouled by cow corpses.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of denuded
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“Cleaned (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaned%20%28out%29. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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