Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sucker trap

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: suck-er -trap
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A scam; a fraudulent deal offered to the unwary.

Informal

Example Sentences

"'At this time of the year, Florida's the biggest sucker-trap on earth. On the East Coast they fleece the millionaires. Where we're going they just take it off the little man. Serves him right, of course. He goes there to die. He can't take it with him.'"
"I fell for a sucker trap and got taken but good. My own fault ... should have known better."
"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."
"“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."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

sucker traps (plural) sucker's trap (alternative) sucker-trap (alternative)

Phrases

tourist trap

Frequently Paired Words

tourist trap

Questions

What does sucker trap mean?: A scam; a fraudulent deal offered to the unwary.

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