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

Lined up against Porzingis, and a Mavericks team many thought had fleeced the Knicks in the Porzingis deal, Randle rumbled for 44 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in the Knicks’ 117-109 victory.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2021

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

Wick Cutter was the money-lender who had fleeced poor Russian Peter.

From My Ántonia by Cather, Willa Sibert