sucker trap

English

Alternative forms

• sucker's trap
• sucker-trap

Noun

sucker trap (plural sucker traps)

1. (informal) A scam; a fraudulent deal offered to the unwary.
   • 2001, Mickey Spillane, The Mike Hammer Collection‎^[1], volume 1, →ISBN:

     I fell for a sucker trap and got taken but good. My own fault ... should have known better.

   • 2011, Ken Follett, On Wings of Eagles‎^[2], →ISBN:

     It had been a sucker trap and they had fallen right into it. Why, they had walked in here of their own free will, to keep an appointment made by the US Embassy.

   • 2013, Imre Kertész, Fiasco‎^[3], →ISBN:

     “Such a cheap sucker trap... a cheap sucker trap... and I fell for it!” he was hissing, glaring at Koves with a look of hatred from behind misted-up spectacles.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: mennä halpaan (verb; fall for...), mennä lankaan (verb; fall for...), mennä retkuun (verb: fall for...)
• French: attrape-nigaud (fr), piège à cons (fr)
• Polish: oszustwo (pl) n

See also

• tourist trap

References

• 2003, Vincent Joseph Monteleone, Criminal Slang: The Vernacular of the Underworld Lingo‎^[4], →ISBN, page 229:

  SUCKER TRAP (N) A fraudulent trick; a fraudulent device.