verb
1.
to obtain something valuable from by improper means
a corrupt mayor who fleeced the town treasury
Synonyms: bleed, milk, mulct, rook, stick, sweat; compare cheat , extort 1
Related Word: cheat, cozen, defraud, do, hustle, ||rope (in), swindle, take; pluck
Idioms: sell one a bill of goods, take for a sucker, take to the cleaner's
2.
Synonyms: overcharge 1, clip, skin, soak, stick