Fleece vs Swindle - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
(uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached
(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
(countable) An insulating wooly jacket
(roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
to con or trick someone out of money
to shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep)
To defraud (someone).
To obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
Fleece is a related term of swindle.
As nouns the difference between fleece and swindle
is that fleece is (uncountable) hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal while swindle is an instance of.As verbs the difference between fleece and swindle
is that fleece is to con or trick someone out of money while swindle is to defraud (someone).fleece
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(wikipedia fleece)Noun
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(fleec)See also
* (con) nickel and dimeswindle
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Verb
(swindl)- ''The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.