fleeced
past simple and past participle offleece
| 单词 | fleeced |
| 释义 | fleeced past simple and past participle offleece fleece verb[T] informaluk/fliːs/us/fliːs/to take someone'smoneydishonestly, bychargingtoo muchmoneyor bycheatingthem: Thatrestaurantreally fleeced us! Cheating & tricking
Examplesoffleecedfleeced In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Petitions from the populace had long served the ruling order by facilitating the sultan's control of intermediaries whofleecedthe treasury or damaged cultivation by oppressing the population. From theCambridge English Corpus We will not set people up to befleeced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So often the victim getsfleecedand the fleecer gets clear away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are planning more and more taxes, so the road user will befleeced, but less and less will be spent on public transport. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the taxpayer, who initially paid for the bridge, is beingfleecedand is having to pay interest charges on the money provided. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The public are beingfleecedevery week, being almost bled white and exploited by these people who just want to make vast sums of money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The phrases ripped off,fleeced, done, overcharged or taken for a ride all mean the same thing: people have not received value for money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should the public befleecedin that way? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not prepared to see the publicfleecedwhile we are waiting for standards to be evolved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely these men ought not to have to suffer all the disadvantages of long-distance travel and then befleecedby the railway companies? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has been well and trulyfleeced, as were so many others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he believe that people on such low incomes should befleecedby the greedy banks? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Where we see fraudulent dealings and innocent people beingfleeced, we want to do something about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are interested in the matter, not only as representing miners but as consumers, and we fear that both miners and public are beingfleeced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are many people who have been badly advised, ill-treated andfleeced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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