fleecing in English

verb
1
obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them.
money that authorities say he fleeced from well-to-do acquaintances
2
cover as if with a fleece.
the sky was half blue, half fleeced with white clouds
verb

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1. Some local shops are really fleecing the holiday-makers .

2. Synonyms for Buncoing include cheating, conning, swindling, defrauding, fleecing, bilking, stiffing, suckering, cozening and tricking

3. The chairman of the JD Wetherspoon pubs chain has accused the Government of putting jobs at risk by "fleecing" the pub industry.

4. There were endless stories of Mexicans as people who were fleecing the healthcare system, sneaking across the border, being arrested at the border, that sort of thing.

5. Synonyms & Antonyms of Acquiesced. to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal) apparently the contractor expected me to acquiesce to my own fleecing.