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：2025/11/22
take to the cleaners
Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
過剰な請求や不正な手段（詐欺、不当な訴訟、ギャンブルなど）を使い、相手から多額の金銭や貴重品を奪い取ること。 / 相手の資金を不正に搾取する、いわゆる『金を巻き上げる』行為。 / 相手から不当に利益を取り、金銭的に大きな損害を与える行動。
（ present singular third-person ）
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(idiomatic) To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc. (humorous way of saying older expression clean out)
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take to the cleaners
The con artists planned to take to the cleaners anyone who responded to the fake investment offer.
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The con artists planned to take to the cleaners anyone who responded to the fake investment offer.
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