plumer
Meanings
Verb
1. to pluck the feathers off
2. to swindle or cheat out of (informal)
3. to desquamate; to have the skin peel off (intransitive, informal)
Examples7
Je me suis fait plumer.
I got fleeced.
Tom pluma le poulet.
Tom plucked the chicken.
As-tu déjà plumé un poulet ?
Have you ever plucked a chicken?
Marie est occupée à plumer le poulet.
Mary is busy plucking the feathers from the chicken.
Les consommateurs continuent de se faire plumer par les banques.
Consumers are still getting fleeced by the banks.
Il pluma trois vieilles dames de leurs maigres retraites.
He fleeced three old ladies of their meager pensions.