Synonyms of took to the cleaners

took to the cleaners

phrase

past tense of take to the cleaners

as in suckered

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

That car salesman took us to the cleaners with this lemon.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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