chumps

plural of chump

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Recent Examples of chumps This new three-part docuseries interviews Belfort's former wife, his co-conspirators, and his victims to dive deep into how his boiler room operation pumped, dumped, and ripped off chumps. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026 Maybe the Trumps are right and my family boasts a lot of chumps, sending six men off to World War II alone. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026 Miller has always taken the American people for brainless, heartless chumps lost in a swamp of nostalgia who’ll believe whatever Trumpworld tells them to. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chumps
Noun
  • Be careful not to remove the suckers all at once, which can put stress on the plant.
    Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026
  • Roses will often have suckers that grow from the rootstock of the rose plant.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • Then Kay served notice that the White Sox, after losing the record 121 games in 2024, are through playing patsies.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Massachusetts citizens are not patsies with wallets.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026

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“Chumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chumps. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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