fleeced

American  

[fleest] / flist /

adjective

1. having a fleece of a specified kind (usually used in combination).

   a thick-fleeced animal.

2. covered with fleece or a fleecelike material.

3. (of a fabric) having a softly napped surface.

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Other Word Forms

• unfleeced adjective

Etymology

Origin of fleeced

First recorded in 1520–30; fleece + -ed ³

Example Sentences

First Brands employees “knew the company was being fleeced,” the committee alleged.

From The Wall Street Journal

“A certain type of fan is starting to recognize they are being fleeced,” Hanlon said.

From Los Angeles Times

Victims were "fleeced" out of tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per game, he said.

From BBC

Nine years ago, I made a programme for the BBC Scotland Investigates strand which exposed through secret filming the way SMT fleeced its victims.

From BBC

"Disabled customers deserve to be treated with respect and dignity and not fleeced as soon as they arrive," he said.

From BBC