Synonyms of take to the cleaners

take to the cleaners

phrase

as in sucker

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

That car salesman took us to the cleaners with this lemon.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sucker
• stick
• short
• cheat
• squeeze
• victimize
• do
• hustle
• pluck
• sting
• beat
• shake down
• rip off
• stiff
• take for a ride
• screw
• trick
• bleed
• clip
• fiddle
• defraud
• exploit
• swindle
• con
• skin
• thimblerig
• shortchange
• fleece
• chisel
• skunk
• sell a bill of goods to
• ream
• bilk
• gyp
• chouse
• rook
• hose
• euchre
• gaff
• do in
• mulct
• flimflam
• diddle
• cozen
• nobble
• milk
• extort
• wrench
• deceive
• rope (in)
• soak
• nick
• fool
• gouge
• bitch
• overcharge
• betray
• dupe
• gull
• wrest
• wring
• double-cross
• bamboozle
• fast-talk