Synonyms of fleecing

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noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extortion
• gouging
• cheating
• overcharging
• highway robbery
• swindling
• defrauding
• chiselling
• skinning
• chiseling

fleecing

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verb

present participle of fleece

as in cheating

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

• cheating
• squeezing
• plucking
• hustling
• stinging
• screwing
• beating
• sticking
• defrauding
• swindling
• bilking
• doing
• deceiving
• victimizing
• bleeding
• mulcting
• conning
• shortchanging
• suckering
• rooking
• tricking
• exploiting
• chiselling
• stiffing
• shorting
• fiddling
• reaming
• chiseling
• diddling
• gaffing
• cozening
• fooling
• hosing
• skinning
• betraying
• shaking down
• nobbling
• extorting
• ripping off
• euchring
• chousing
• flimflamming
• thimblerigging
• doing in
• gouging
• overcharging
• wrenching
• taking for a ride
• milking
• skunking
• taking to the cleaners
• duping
• clipping
• selling a bill of goods to
• gulling
• wringing
• soaking
• nicking
• wresting
• bamboozling
• bitching
• double-crossing
• roping (in)
• fast-talking