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| Main Entry: |
fleece
[flees]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunder, steal |
| Synonyms: | bleed, burn*, cheat*, clip, con, cozen, defraud, despoil, flimflam, gouge, hustle, jerk around, milk, mulct, overcharge, pluck, rifle, rip off, rob, rook, rope in, run a game on, sell a bill of goods, shaft*, strip, swindle, take for a ride, take to the cleaners |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extort |
| Synonyms: | blackmail, confiscate, deplete, drain, exhaust, extract, fleece, impoverish, leech, milk, mulct, overcharge, pauperize, put the screws to, rook, sap*, skin*, squeeze*, steal, stick*, strong-arm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defraud, fool |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, beguile, bilk, bleed, bunco, burn, caboodle, chisel, con, cozen, crib, cross, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, do a number on, do*, double-cross, double-deal, dupe, fast talk, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fudge, give bum steer, gouge, gyp, hoodwink, hose, jerk around, milk, mislead, pull one's leg, ream, rip off, rook, rope in, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, short, shuck, skin, snow, stiff, sucker, swindle, take, take for a ride, take in, take out, trick, trim, two-time, victimize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mislead; be dishonest |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, beat out of, beguile, betray, bilk, buffalo, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, cross up, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook*, humbug, impose upon, lead on, outwit, play joke on, pull fast one, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, suck in, swindle, take advantage of, take for, take for ride, take in, take to cleaners, trick, victimize |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defraud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, bilk |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, beguile, burn, chouse, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, deceive, delude, do, do number on, do out of, dupe, embezzle, fleece, flimflam, foil, hoax, jive, milk, outwit, pilfer, pull fast one, rip off, rob, shaft*, shuck, stick*, sucker into, swindle, take in*, take to the cleaner's, take*, trick, victimize |
| Antonyms: | contribute, help, repay, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | denude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strip |
| Synonyms: | bare, disrobe, expose, fleece, lay bare, peel, uncover, undress |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | beat, bilk, chouse, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, dupe, fleece, flimflam, gyp, hoax, overreach, swindle, take for a ride, trick |
| Main Entry: | exploit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take advantage of; misuse |
| Synonyms: | abuse, apply, avail oneself of, bleed, capitalize on, cash in on, employ, exercise, finesse, fleece, get mileage out of, handle, impose upon, jockey, make capital of, make use of, maneuver, manipulate, milk, mine*, play on, play*, profit by, profit from, put to use, skin*, soak*, stick*, use, utilize, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat; blackmail |
| Synonyms: | bleed, bully, clip, coerce, demand, educe, elicit, evince, exact, extract, fleece, force, get, gouge, hold up, ice*, make pay through nose, milk, obtain, pinch, pull one's leg, put screws to, put the arm on, secure, shake down, skin*, soak, squeeze, stick, sting, wrench, wrest, wring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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