Synonyms of taken to the cleaners

taken to the cleaners

phrase

past participle of take to the cleaners

as in victimized

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• victimized
• suckered
• hustled
• stuck
• cheated
• shorted
• stung
• taken for a ride
• plucked
• done
• shaken down
• screwed
• squeezed
• choused
• ripped off
• done in
• beaten
• clipped
• beat
• fiddled
• tricked
• defrauded
• swindled
• shortchanged
• bled
• stiffed
• thimblerigged
• skinned
• chiselled
• chiseled
• gypped
• rooked
• exploited
• fleeced
• euchred
• mulcted
• reamed
• sold a bill of goods to
• bilked
• conned
• hosed
• flimflammed
• diddled
• cozened
• skunked
• gaffed
• nobbled
• wrenched
• extorted
• soaked
• milked
• fooled
• gouged
• deceived
• betrayed
• nicked
• overcharged
• duped
• wrested
• wrung
• roped (in)
• bitched
• gulled
• fast-talked
• double-crossed
• bamboozled