fleece

To make a trade with (or enter into an agreement with) someone under the guise of fairness, while fully knowing you are trying to rip them off.

Very common in sports, where one team "fleeces" another in a trade. Sometimes, the results of the fleece aren't known for a while, but inevitably someone usually gets fleeced in a trade.

1) The Tampa Bay Devil Rays FLEECED the New York Mets by trading them Victor Zambrano for Scott Kazmir.

2) Carl Pavano FLEECED the Yankees into a 4 year, $40M deal.

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