have fleeced
- present perfect of fleece.
Example Sentences
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"We're using a 55-year-old statute to compel immediate payment from unscrupulous businesses that have fleeced their employees of earned wages for years," state Controller John Chiang said at a news conference in Fresno on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2014
With no more equipment than a telephone, sharp Canadian stock promoters have fleeced gullible Americans of millions by palming off worthless oil and uranium shares at inflated prices.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1985, a San Diego currency trader named David Dominelli was revealed to have fleeced more than 1,000 investors to the tune of $80 million.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dick paid the money without hesitation, for he knew that old Purkiss might have fleeced him, had he been so disposed, of every sixpence in his pocket.
From The Rival Crusoes by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The Baron Jeanrenaud and his mother must have fleeced M. d'Espard most preposterously, if what you say is correct.
From The Commission in Lunacy by Balzac, Honoré de
