US /ˈflisəbəl/ UK /ˈfliːsəbəl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    easily cheated or swindled

    Con artists prey on the trusting and fleeceable.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · easily cheated or swindled gulliblecredulousexploitablenaive
Opposites
Word family
Related forms fleecefleecer

Etymology

From the verb fleece ('to swindle', from Old English flēos 'fleece') + the suffix -able.

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