fleeces

Verb

fleece (third-person singular simple present fleeces, present participle fleecing, simple past and past participle fleeced)

1. (informal, transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.
   • There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.2015 August 2, “All bets are off: why bookmakers aren’t playing fair”, in The Observer, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2020

   Synonyms:

   swindle

2. (transitive) To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
   • During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.

   Synonyms:

   shear

3. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.

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