Synonyms of taking to the cleaners

taking to the cleaners

phrase

present participle of take to the cleaners

as in suckering

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suckering
• sticking
• cheating
• squeezing
• doing
• hustling
• victimizing
• shorting
• shaking down
• plucking
• ripping off
• stinging
• doing in
• gypping
• bleeding
• beating
• taking for a ride
• chousing
• thimblerigging
• flimflamming
• screwing
• selling a bill of goods to
• clipping
• fiddling
• euchring
• defrauding
• tricking
• swindling
• exploiting
• rooking
• stiffing
• mulcting
• chiselling
• shortchanging
• reaming
• fleecing
• conning
• bilking
• chiseling
• skinning
• cozening
• hosing
• diddling
• nobbling
• gaffing
• skunking
• extorting
• wrenching
• roping (in)
• deceiving
• milking
• gouging
• soaking
• fooling
• wringing
• overcharging
• nicking
• wresting
• betraying
• duping
• gulling
• bitching
• double-crossing
• bamboozling
• fast-talking