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as in tricked
to cause to believe what is untrue
a notorious imposter who at one time suckered a lot of people into believing that she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia
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as in cheated
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
suckered millions of desperate dieters with their grossly inflated claims of successful weight loss
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suckered
Verb
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He will not be coaxed, tricked, or trapped.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
3 Oct. 2025 -
The consumer is led to believe there is a fraudulent activity involving their account — and they're tricked with working with a scammer to fix a fake problem.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When Swift acts in a way that is seemingly out of character, audiences feel cheated.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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The scandal exposed how some wealthy families cheated and bribed to secure spots for their children at elite universities, sparking nationwide outrage over denied opportunities for more deserving students.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Super blue moons can also occur, but don’t be fooled by the name.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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Do not be fooled by Celine’s chic bob; the woman is an agent of chaos.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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Last year’s finals loss stung because the Lynx came so close.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Congressional Democrats feel stung by the mass layoffs and program cuts that followed the last stopgap spending deal in March.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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According to the Justice Department, Sanberg deceived investors and lenders.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit, filed by the FTC in June 2023 under the Biden administration, claimed that Amazon deceived tens of millions of customers into signing up for its Prime subscription program and sabotaged their attempts to cancel it.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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And before the card shop owner from Lexington, Kentucky, could introduce himself to the NBA player, the 6-foot-7 LaRavia hustled over and beat him to it.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Agents grabbed one man who appeared to be charging up the driveway, pinned him to the ground and hustled him behind the gate with his hands behind his back.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sofia Coppola’s cult-favorite (if historically murky-at-best) 2006 film Marie Antoinette plucked the queen from history-book pages and pasted her on contemporary mood boards.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
2 Oct. 2025
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The kiss cam focused not on the attendees, but on couples plucked from Netflix’s various reality dating shows.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Meet Nashville's new crime-fighting Clydesdale Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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While ultrafast and squeezed light pulses have been separately used for transmitting data, combining them enhances both speed and security.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Suckered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suckered. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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