Synonyms of fleeced

fleeced

verb

past tense of fleece

as in cheated

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

• cheated
• plucked
• hustled
• stung
• squeezed
• screwed
• swindled
• stuck
• deceived
• defrauded
• bilked
• beat
• victimized
• rooked
• tricked
• conned
• suckered
• mulcted
• shortchanged
• bled
• stiffed
• exploited
• cozened
• did
• shorted
• diddled
• reamed
• skinned
• flimflammed
• hosed
• fiddled
• euchred
• fooled
• nobbled
• chiseled
• betrayed
• gaffed
• shook down
• ripped off
• extorted
• skunked
• choused
• wrenched
• thimblerigged
• did in
• took to the cleaners
• took for a ride
• gouged
• milked
• duped
• overcharged
• gulled
• clipped
• sold a bill of goods to
• wrung
• soaked
• nicked
• wrested
• bamboozled
• double-crossed
• bitched
• roped (in)
• fast-talked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fleeced

At his sentencing in 2024, Bailyn, the prosecutor, described Lorquet as a greedy criminal who fleeced his country at one of its weakest moments in history. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 8 June 2026

The lesson from the parking deal is not merely that the city got fleeced by private investors. — Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is warning of another scam that fleeced local residents out of tens of thousands of dollars — this time targeting family members of inmates in the Bexar County jail. — Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2026

Mexican cartels have fleeced American victims for hundreds of millions of dollars through timeshare fraud over the decades, treasury officials said, targeted them through call centers staffed by English-speaking telemarketers. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026

Compared with the ostensible consequences of the prisoner’s dilemma, getting fleeced in the snowdrift problem’s scenario isn’t quite as disastrous. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2026

Their false claims about getting financially fleeced by Uncle Sam were fueled by a rather sophisticated, albeit deceitful and shameful lobbying campaign, sponsored by greedy gadflies out to make a quick buck. — Tom Margenau, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026

Zach Harper basically wrote that Atlanta got fleeced here, though. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026

Donovan writes—the perception that men were being fleeced persisted. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025