as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares
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Recent Examples of suck in
Excessive demand on the system — usually from residents running hoses and sprinklers while firefighters pull water from hydrants — causes water pressure to drop and contaminants to get sucked in like a vacuum.
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
On a recent day, a customer heated up a dose of white fentanyl powder, sucked in the smoke through a short straw, and stopped breathing almost instantly.
—Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
What ensues is the black hole of Italian cuisine, sucking in both gravity and light.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
The air purifier itself is sleekly designed with a few cool features, including an internal UV light to kill bacteria and mold, a 360-degree air filter that sucks in pollution from all sides, and an Energy Star certification.
—Camryn Rabideau, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
On a recent day, a customer heated up a dose of white fentanyl powder, sucked in the smoke through a short straw, and stopped breathing almost instantly.
—Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
What ensues is the black hole of Italian cuisine, sucking in both gravity and light.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
The air purifier itself is sleekly designed with a few cool features, including an internal UV light to kill bacteria and mold, a 360-degree air filter that sucks in pollution from all sides, and an Energy Star certification.
—Camryn Rabideau, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suck in
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Minor leaguers and players trying to make the club out of spring can put up gaudy (deceiving) numbers against dubious competition.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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The viewer may feel deceived for a moment, but most people know that trash talk is par for the course among sports fandoms.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
10 Feb. 2025
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That difference between them proves rather problematic when Stuart tricks Ted into merging their firm with another that's coincidentally run by Ted's ex, Samantha (Rachelle Goulding), and then cuts his partner out of the deal.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Phishing emails, malware-laden attachments and fraudulent schemes now lurk within spam messages, tricking unsuspecting users into clicking malicious links, revealing sensitive information or even infecting their devices with ransomware and spyware.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
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Lohse even managed to fool historian Jonathan Petropoulos, who is at the center of the documentary, and spent years investigating Lohse, only to be tricked by him.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Was their advocacy for new energy sources just a ploy to fool their constituents and get reelected?—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Suck in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck%20in. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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