to snooker
3
8.8
- verb
- /ˈsnuːkər/
- UK
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- She tried to snooker him into thinking he would get a promotion this year.
- snookered us into buying
- get snookered
- think they were snookered
Examples
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Stupak has even admitted that he got snookered by Obama, Pelosi, & Co.
Blog text (16) -
Don't try to snooker me.
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"At the end of the day, you can get snookered."
Blog text (17) -
The West had, once more, been snookered by the Communists.
Academic text (1990) -
They snookered him before, and they have set him up to snooker him again.
Blog text (12) -
You've been snookered, Mr. Kowal.
Blog text (7) -
If the Egyptians did not actually inspect the ship's cargo, they were snookered.
Blog text (30) -
He snookered us.
Fiction book (1996) -
The con artist managed to snooker his victims out of their savings.
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He felt embarrassed when he realized that he had been snookered by the deceptive sales pitch.
Synonyms
326
3.5
To make someone believe something false so you can get what you want
64
5.5
An attempt to trick someone by showing false strength, for example in poker
15
3.0
To make someone believe something that is not true as a joke
6
2.8
To fool someone as a joke
1
9.7
To trick an opponent in sports by making a quick fake move, often in ice hockey
1
7.5
To make an opponent give up by pretending you have more power
Antonyms
Compounds
How Deceptive
20
5.5
- UK
3
8.8
326
3.5
270
3.9
704
2.1
87
3.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snooker as a verb comes from the game's idea of leaving an opponent with no good move, so it also means 'to trick' or 'to put at a disadvantage' someone and stop them from succeeding.