Fleeched

/fliːtʃt/ verb

Definition

Past tense of fleech; cheated or swindled (archaic), or possibly frightened away.

Etymology

Past tense of the rare or archaic verb 'fleech,' following standard English past-tense formation with '-ed' suffix.

Kelly Says

In old texts, if someone was 'fleeched,' they got tricked or robbed—it's a word that mostly exists now only in historical documents and dialect dictionaries!

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