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• take to the cleaners — phrasal to deprive of money or possessons ; clean out …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• clean — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English clene, from Old English clǣne; akin to Old High German kleini delicate, dainty Date: before 12th century 1. a. free from dirt or pollution < changed to clean clothes > < clean solar energy > b. free from… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fleece — fleeceable, adj. fleeceless, adj. fleecelike, adj. fleecer, n. /flees/, n., v., fleeced, fleecing. n. 1. the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal. 2. the wool shorn from a sheep at one shearing. 3. something resembling a fleece: a …   Universalium

• tap — I adj Exhaust, finish. This party s tapped, I m kicking it. 1990s II v To deprive of money. Can you loan me $5 till Friday? I m completely tapped (out). 1940s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

• swindle — verb use deception to deprive of money or possessions. ↘obtain fraudulently. noun a fraudulent scheme or action. Derivatives swindler noun Origin C18: back form. from swindler, from Ger. Schwindler, from schwindeln be giddy , also tell lies …   English new terms dictionary

• fleece — [[t]flis[/t]] n. v. fleeced, fleec•ing 1) the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal 2) the wool shorn from a sheep at one shearing 3) something resembling a fleece 4) tex a) a fabric with a thick, fleecelike pile or nap, used for… …   From formal English to slang

• pillage — [pil′ij] n. [ME pilage < MFr < piller: see PILL2] 1. the act of plundering 2. that which is plundered; booty; loot vt. pillaged, pillaging 1. to deprive of money or property by violence; loot …   English World dictionary

• property law — Introduction       principles, policies, and rules by which disputes over property are to be resolved and by which property transactions may be structured. What distinguishes property law from other kinds of law is that property law deals with… …   Universalium

• Deception offences — In English law, the main deception offences are defined in the Theft Act 1968 (TA68), the Theft Act 1978 and the Theft (Amendment) Act 1996. This page deals only with ss15 and 16 TA68. The same definition of deception applies in all the relevant… …   Wikipedia

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• High treason in the United Kingdom — Under British law, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Sovereign amounting to an intention to undermine their authority or the actual attempt to do so. Offences constituting high treason include plotting the murder of the Sovereign;… …   Wikipedia