as in to trick
to cause to believe what is untrue
I can't believe you managed to snooker me with that story about being an orphan
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Recent Examples of snooker
The rubes in the trad lobby have been snookered—though their final betrayal is yet to come.
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Ian Volner, Artforum, 28 May 2025
The defense put 12 men on the field twice near the goal line — getting snookered by Green Bay’s substitution tactics that left Shanahan livid.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
One adult tried to snooker a puppet out of change, only to be shamed by his girlfriend.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
Carrie should have discovered her Wall Street prince had gambling debts or had gotten snookered by a Bernie Madoff-like conman.
—Robyn Bahr, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Ian Volner, Artforum, 28 May 2025
The defense put 12 men on the field twice near the goal line — getting snookered by Green Bay’s substitution tactics that left Shanahan livid.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
One adult tried to snooker a puppet out of change, only to be shamed by his girlfriend.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
Carrie should have discovered her Wall Street prince had gambling debts or had gotten snookered by a Bernie Madoff-like conman.
—Robyn Bahr, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snooker
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Anchoring, scarcity and choice architecture aren’t about tricking people.—
David Meade,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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The church hosts sure love tricking us into eating raw broccoli by serving it up in this creamy pasta salad.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
13 May 2026
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Don’t be fooled into thinking napkin rings aren’t noticed.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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But this case shows how quickly a 401(k) can become a target when someone has enough personal information to fool a call center or reset account access.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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He was also accused of deceiving escrow agents to secure the release of pre-construction condominium deposits and then misappropriated those funds for personal expenses unrelated to the developments.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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For Arjun Singri, founder of Scamless, this has created a new kind of digital arms race, where the same technology driving progress is also being used to deceive people at scale.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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And, don’t kid yourself, the Thunder aren’t going anywhere for a long, long time.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Gosling, of course, was kidding.—
Jake Coyle,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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“Snooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snooker. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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