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
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Recent Examples of fleeced
The mobsters are accused of pocketing some of the $7 million that was fleeced from unsuspecting victims who were drawn to poker tables in Las Vegas, Miami, Manhattan and Long Island’s seaside playground for the rich and famous.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Once the game was underway, the defendants fleeced the victims out of tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per game.
—Colin Meyn, The Hill, 24 Oct. 2025
He was emboldened by the Netflix doc to make another Herschel Walker trade and got fleeced!
—Jon MacHota, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
All the trucks that Buck Strickland buys his investors in episode 10 are from Bronco Barry’s car dealership, which fleeced Bobby into buying a horse a few episodes earlier.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2025
Taxpayers are fleeced, boldly and out in the open.
—Frank Ricci, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Once the game was underway, the defendants fleeced the victims out of tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per game.
—Colin Meyn, The Hill, 24 Oct. 2025
He was emboldened by the Netflix doc to make another Herschel Walker trade and got fleeced!
—Jon MacHota, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
All the trucks that Buck Strickland buys his investors in episode 10 are from Bronco Barry’s car dealership, which fleeced Bobby into buying a horse a few episodes earlier.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2025
Taxpayers are fleeced, boldly and out in the open.
—Frank Ricci, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fleeced
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The fractures within the group, however — with some of the cast siding with Ariana Madix (who’d been cheated on), and others agreeing to film with Tom Sandoval (who had cheated) — made filming for Season 11 mostly unsustainainable.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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Overall, prosecutors allege the nearly three-dozen defendants cheated unfortunate players out of at least $7 million.—
Ben Brachfeld,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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An all-star cast plucked from different corners of the pop culture firmament leads Ryan Murphy's All's Fair, a Hulu legal drama about female divorce attorneys who open their own practice.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Such is life in Marthaland, where homemaking tasks are plucked from the realm of everyday drudgery and elevated to a pure pursuit of excellence.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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All that was between him and a defender was Stafford, who hustled to get into position before offering a chicken wing of a block.—
Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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But Boberg, a freshman defender, hustled to the goal line to block the attempt.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
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An American teacher and his teenage son have been stung to death while on holiday in Laos.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
5 Nov. 2025
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An American father and son died after being stung by a swarm of hornets while ziplining in Southeast Asia, local officials confirmed.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Another passenger squeezed her way up the aisle to try to make a tight connection.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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De’Von Achane took the handoff, squeezed through the hole, blasted past a diving defender at midfield and outraced the rest of the Bills’ defense to the end zone.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
9 Nov. 2025
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And, as usual, the people with the fewest resources will get screwed.—
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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No matter what Robert does, he’s totally screwed.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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Black residents who got swindled out of land could not turn to the courts.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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In just two years Farm Bank had allegedly swindled some $250 million from 132,000 investors.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Get live security wait times, so you’re not stuck in a five‑hour shuffle line that’s already happening.—
The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Sheridan figured out how to format her book, made a cover for it and stuck it on Amazon.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Fleeced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleeced. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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