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as in cheated
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
got his revenge on the dirty swindler who had skinned him
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as in whipped
to defeat by a large margin
we simply got skinned in the interoffice softball tournament
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Recent Examples of skinned
Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
All the cuts are broken down from yellow-skinned heirloom chickens, skewered, and grilled over charcoal.
—Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Nov. 2025
But, in market, each one is skinned differently and matched with unique-to-OEM services.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The suspect is described as a light-skinned Black male who is approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall and has a thin build.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
All the cuts are broken down from yellow-skinned heirloom chickens, skewered, and grilled over charcoal.
—Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
Verb
Once skinned, the animal will hang in a walk-in cooler overnight.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Nov. 2025
But, in market, each one is skinned differently and matched with unique-to-OEM services.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skinned
Adjective
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Out back, a small sewage-treatment plant converts bodily waste from two flanking portable toilets into purified water, which is piped into a large tank in which yet another unclothed woman, wearing a scuba mouthpiece, floats for four hours at a time.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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Investigators said some female victims were found naked or partially unclothed, with evidence of severe mutilation and objects including grenades, nails and household tools inserted into their bodies.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Once a food is cut, peeled or cooked, it should be refrigerated within two hours, if not used right away.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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To devein peeled shrimp, cut a shallow line along the back of the shrimp and simply pull out the vein to remove.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026
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However, instead of wrapping up storylines neatly, the series' final episode created more questions, and left many feeling cheated of a firm resolution.—
Julie Tremaine,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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There’s a rule and Saints cheated in the play-offs, a separate competition.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Verb
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As conquerers of the Eastern Conference, the New York Knicks have whipped all five boroughs into a frenzy.—
Esfandiar Baraheni,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Costume bit the tenant’s hands and cheek during the struggle, then whipped a knife out of his pocket and stabbed the tenant in the back of the neck, the tenant said.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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On a plywood bookshelf above the twin bed sat a dozen teddy bears of varying age and quality, some patchy and furless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Many of the items for the set were quite literally plucked from her residence ahead of her Saturday Night Live performance at the end of last year.—
Angela Tafoya,
Architectural Digest,
29 May 2026
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Etna, a battle-scarred but kindhearted shepherd mix who was plucked from his home on the eve of an unspecified conflict in an unnamed country, has grown weary of war’s brutalities and longs to return to the coastal farm of his puppyhood.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Everything’s been flattened out.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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Many bird and microraptor fossils are typically found crushed, flattened into two dimensions, which makes studying their bones and flight capabilities more challenging.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Though none of the victims have been identified, police have said the women were all between 30 and 35 years old, had tattoos and were found partially undressed.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
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In other harrowing instances, Panettiere said an Oscar winner once exposed himself to her at an industry party and a close female friend once invited her, then 18, onto a superyacht, only to abandon her to a famous man, who was undressed.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
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“Skinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skinned. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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