FLEECING Synonyms

• designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

• conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

• cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

• evade payment to

• escape, either physically or mentally

• conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane

• be false to; be dishonest with

• cause someone to believe an untruth

• deprive of by deceit

• a person who is tricked or swindled

• fool or hoax

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

• and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves

• the act of gouging

• force with the thumb

• obtain by coercion or intimidation

• make a groove in

• influence by slyness

• conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

• a rapid active commotion

• cause to move furtively and hurriedly

• move or cause to move energetically or busily

• sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

• get by trying hard

• pressure or urge someone into an action

• a price that is too high

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• place too much a load on

• take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• To defraud or embezzle.

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• deprive of by deceit

• a cunning or deceitful action or device

• a period of work or duty

• an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• a prostitute's customer

• (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

• deceive somebody

• make a victim of

• punish unjustly

• deprive of by deceit

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price

• a catch for locking a door

• a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

• anything that serves as an enticement

• a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

• a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

• a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

• a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

• fasten with a hook

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

• hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

• take by theft

• make off with belongings of others

• hit with a hook

• catch with a hook

• to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

• secure with the foot

• entice and trap

• approach with an offer of sexual favors

• a price that is too high

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• place too much a load on