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Fleece

DEFINITION

Brazen theft. Take financial advantage of someone. ‘Fleece’ connotes a sheep that has lost it’s wool, so to fleece someone is to take what they need to survive.   (Compare to Scam.)

“You paid that much for that watch! Well, you got fleeced.”

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