fleecing 1 of 2

as in extortion
the exaction of a grossly excessive charge for goods or services the fleecing of the summer tourists seems to be a time-honored tradition on that resort island

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fleecing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of fleece

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fleecing
Noun
  • Spann had been facing mandatory life in prison after being convicted in November 2021 of directing or participating in four murders as well as a number of robberies and extortions over the course of two decades.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Families are forced to choose between paying extortion fees or losing contact forever.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Park Min-young played a timid wife seeking revenge on her cheating man in Marry My Husband.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The basic logic of Article XIII is to promote fair play among the 30 teams and prevent teams from cheating.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Even if what Weyland-Yutani has is blood-sucking, eye-gouging, and chest-bursting alien monsters.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Row the dumbbell up towards your chest, squeezing your shoulder blades together.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While startups occasionally push boundaries with optimization techniques—squeezing more efficiency out of existing silicon—barriers to entry are overwhelmingly high.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Normally, the ions slip between the atomic layers of the anode, a process called intercalation, but when the space between the layers is all filled up—as can happen during overcharging—there’s nowhere else for the lithium to go but onto the surface.
    Weiyang Li, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Aug. 2018
Verb
  • When not plucking away at a keyboard, Madison teaches yoga and mountain bikes with her two Australian shepherds, Cholla and Poppy, through Missoula's Rattlesnake Wilderness.
    Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
  • It’s haltingly played, like a child plucking out the notes, to emphasize John’s deep connection to his daughter.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Four astronauts returned to Earth after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing’s Starliner.
    Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Pope made sure to share the celebration again, jogging to find his wife and daughters behind the bench for a long embrace before hustling to a TV interview.
    Jesse Temple, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This interaction damages skin cells and can trigger irritation, redness, stinging or burning.
    Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Lapham also talked about the high of winning the AFC Championship in 1981, followed by the stinging loss to San Francisco in Super Bowl 16.
    Beryl Love, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Fleecing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleecing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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