fleeced

[fleest]

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.

Other Word Forms

• unfleeced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fleeced¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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Mr Simkin asked if he had "fleeced" others to pay for his lifestyle, and the defendant replied: "No."

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