Antonyms for fleeced
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fleest |
| Phonetic Transcription : flist |
Definition of fleeced
Origin :- 1530s in the literal sense of "to strip a sheep of fleece;" 1570s in the figurative meaning "to cheat, swindle," from fleece (n.). Related: Fleeced; fleecing.
- verb plunder, steal
- Lambs, it is true, gambol, but in due time they all get fleeced.
- Extract from : « Crankisms » by Lisle de Vaux Matthewman
- Some of the insiders made millions; the public was fleeced of millions.
- Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson
- Neither educated nor commercialized, he is fleeced by the buyers.
- Extract from : « A Poor Man's House » by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
- The fleeced flock is to discover finally what is done with its wool.
- Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine
- He was not represented in the Raad (legislature) that oppressed him and fleeced him.
- Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- This opens a door to barefaced bribery and intimidation: some one will be fleeced.
- Extract from : « In the Tail of the Peacock » by Isabel Savory
- After all, to him we were only Busn to be fleeced if possible.
- Extract from : « Poor Folk in Spain » by Jan Gordon
- But there are fools who do so, and they deserve to be fleeced.
- Extract from : « Sporting Society, Vol. II (of 2) » by Various
- He's fleeced four others that I know of on that plant—all perfectly legal.
- Extract from : « Our Square and the People in It » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- Did he want to enter into some partnership by which the Government was to be fleeced?
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
Synonyms for fleeced
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