fleecing
Example Sentences
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“I started realizing that these DSOs are just fleecing the doctors, like totally taking advantage of them,” said Williams, who amplifies his objections by co-hosting the podcast Just Say No to the DSO.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
It dug into the fraud that purportedly precedes the fleecing of U.S. antipoverty programs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
The fleecing of Kevin, who ProPublica agreed to identify by first name only, was a textbook example of pig butchering.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025
Counterfeit documents, made by a forger in the 1880s, have been fleecing collectors for 140 years.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
Burt employed bizarre accounting methods in order to conceal his fleecing of the Osage.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
