Fleece
Fleece verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.
Usage example: swindlers who use the telephone to fleece senior citizens out of their savings
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Synonyms for Fleece
Short and fleece are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead a verb "Fleece".
Short
Short verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.
Usage example: charged that the used-car dealer had been shorting customers for years
Both words in one sentence
- At the end, they are about to search for the Golden Fleece, intended to set up a third series based around the story of Jason and the Argonauts - but the show was Cut Short, so Pasiphae has still won.
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