fleece
[verb]
Synonyms: bleed, milk, mulct, rook, stick, sweat, extort, overcharge, clip, skin, soak

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Related Idioms: sell one a bill of goods, take for a sucker, take to the cleaner's
Related Words: cheat, cozen, defraud, do, hustle, rope (in), swindle, take, pluck

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. fleece¹ /fliːs/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: fleos]

1. [countable] the woolly coat of a sheep, especially the wool and skin of a sheep when it has been made into a piece of clothing

2. [uncountable] an artificial soft material used to make warm jackets

3. [countable] British English a jacket made of this artificial material

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. fleece² verb [transitive] informal
to charge someone too much money for something, especially by tricking them

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