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There were concerns that these companies, known as pharmacy benefit managers, or P.B.M.s, were fleecing agencies like Medicaid, the government-run health insurance program for the poor.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

They were bored with the monotony of Aldershot life, resentful of the delay in getting home, the poor food, lack of money and what they felt were fleecing tactics by local shopkeepers.

From Time Magazine Archive

This worthy couple were fleecing us just as a Swiss innkeeper might have done, and estimated their imperfect hospitality at the highest price.

From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Verne, Jules