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sucker trap (plural sucker traps)
- (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.
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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.