n. Function: verb
1 to obtain something valuable from by improper means FF1C; a corrupt mayor who fleeced the town treasury FF1E;
Synonyms: bleed, milk, mulct, rook, stick, sweat; compare CHEAT , EXTORT 1
Related Words: 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
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Synonyms: OVERCHARGE 1, clip, skin, soak, stick