Example Sentences

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“These groups have been fleecing taxpayers and Veterans for far too long,” VA Secretary Doug Collins was quoted.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Counterfeit documents, made by a forger in the 1880s, have been fleecing collectors for 140 years.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

It requires saying out loud, “Me and my colleagues have been fleecing the public health system for decades at this point, and we need to get it back to a healthy baseline.”

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2021

Then he took a swipe at the automaker's profits: "They have been fleecing the public."

From Time Magazine Archive