fleeced
Example Sentences
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“A certain type of fan is starting to recognize they are being fleeced,” Hanlon said.
From Los Angeles Times
Victims were "fleeced" out of tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per game, he said.
From BBC
Nine years ago, I made a programme for the BBC Scotland Investigates strand which exposed through secret filming the way SMT fleeced its victims.
From BBC
"Disabled customers deserve to be treated with respect and dignity and not fleeced as soon as they arrive," he said.
From BBC
Mr Simkin asked if he had "fleeced" others to pay for his lifestyle, and the defendant replied: "No."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.