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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The district has for years preached the importance of installing grates on some inlets to prevent people from getting sucked in when areas flood and stormwater rushes toward open drainage pipes, which are often out of sight below the waterline.
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Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 23 July 2024
Sudan’s civil war is sucking in waves of young men from around the increasingly unstable region.
—Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
With the strongest storms, the inflow can be sucked in at 50-60-plus miles per hour.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 19 July 2024
Civil wars also have a bad habit of sucking in neighboring countries.
—Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
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Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 23 July 2024
Sudan’s civil war is sucking in waves of young men from around the increasingly unstable region.
—Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
With the strongest storms, the inflow can be sucked in at 50-60-plus miles per hour.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 19 July 2024
Civil wars also have a bad habit of sucking in neighboring countries.
—Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
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For example, a finance worker was deceived into transferring $25 million to fraudsters who used deepfake technology to impersonate their CFO.Alexandr Khomich, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Further changes could come from the Federal Trade Commission, which issues the Green Guides — national guidelines on how companies can advertise environmentally friendly products without deceiving the public.Lisa Song, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2024
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Cybercriminals relentlessly launch phishing attacks at employees, trying to coax or trick them into providing their personal information and credentials.Ilia Sotnikov, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Caution using them to judge individual pieces of writing and artwork is warranted, especially with a new wave of tools available to trick them.Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2024
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But her professor, played by Tig Notaro, isn’t fooled.Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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Anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling two people: themselves and you.Eli Amdur, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Suck in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck%20in. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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