Verb
I can't believe you managed to snooker me with that story about being an orphan.
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Noun
Facing the end of a wildly successful but turbulent career, the snooker legend found himself on the verge of a career-defining tournament to win the snooker World Championship for a seventh time.—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024 The 2023 version of the event is sports heavy, with boxing, snooker, soccer, MMA, tennis and wrestling.—Dylan Manfre, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
One adult tried to snooker a puppet out of change, only to be shamed by his girlfriend.—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024 Nike ‘had snookered me’ The culprits, Rentmeester and Dey claim, were the Nike art directors who reneged on a promise to credit him for his work.—Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 17 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for snooker
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