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
And, after watching the clip, Barber may be sucked in too.
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Bailey Richards, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
After sucking in over $370 million at the worldwide box office, Universal Pictures‘ Twisters has been set to stream exclusively on Peacock beginning November 15.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
Not all matter that gets near a supermassive black hole is sucked in – some is warped and twisted by the incredible gravity, accelerated and fired off at near light-speed in jets from both poles at once.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024
State of play: The fire's rotating smoke plume likely acted as a chimney and sucked in air from surrounding areas.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 31 July 2024
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Bailey Richards, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
After sucking in over $370 million at the worldwide box office, Universal Pictures‘ Twisters has been set to stream exclusively on Peacock beginning November 15.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
Not all matter that gets near a supermassive black hole is sucked in – some is warped and twisted by the incredible gravity, accelerated and fired off at near light-speed in jets from both poles at once.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024
State of play: The fire's rotating smoke plume likely acted as a chimney and sucked in air from surrounding areas.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 31 July 2024
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File-sharing phishing attacks, are an email threat in which a cybercriminal legitimate file-hosting or e-signature solutions to deceive the victim.Davey Winder, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Listen to this article The U.S. Federal Trade Commission began sending payments to players of Fortnite who were deceived into making unwanted in-game purchases.David Matthews, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
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This is critical, as 2G networks are far less secure than 3G and especially LTE and 5G. Simple network attack devices, which trick phones into jumping from real networks to local, fraudulent ones, try to make a 2G connection with lower encryption levels.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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To trick the German forces into believing that a much larger American force was stationed in various locations, diverting attention away from the real operations and damaging enemy morale.Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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But, don’t be fooled, Jewels intends to enter the competition with intention and strategy.Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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The female macaques were soon caught in traps baited with bananas and sweet potatoes, but Capone (who had a $50 bounty on his head) couldn’t be fooled.Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Suck in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck%20in. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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