had fleeced
- past perfect of fleece.
Example Sentences
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Mr Simkin asked if he had "fleeced" others to pay for his lifestyle, and the defendant replied: "No."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
Vatican prosecutors last year launched a separate investigation into the Vatican secretariat of state’s purchase of a luxury London building amid allegations that middlemen had fleeced the Holy See out of millions of euros.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
Investigators said they did not know the total number of woman Hill had fleeced but confirmed he's changed his name five times in the past few years.
From Fox News ● Nov. 28, 2019
Suddenly, the man who nearly everyone believed had fleeced the country of billions had become for Russian liberals a symbol of Kremlin persecution.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 5, 2015
He had then gone to Asia as governor, and, after the Roman manner, had fleeced the province.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony
