Word: suckering
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...central principle in all true con [confidence] rackets is to show a sucker how he can make some money by dishonest methods and then beat him in his attempted dishonesty." Standard forms: helping the victim ("prospect") to find a pocketbook, whose grateful owner, another thief, persuades him to invest money of his own in a fake gambling or brokerage office; arranging with the victim to cheat another member of the gang at cards or dice; selling counterfeit pawn tickets for supposedly stolen articles; selling shares in smuggled property; selling complicated but useless counterfeiting machines. Confidence men also practice such sidelines...
...seven out of ten stressed "American democracy," recalled the democratic reputation of His Royal Highness when he was Prince of Wales and "Britain's Goodwill Ambassador" and criticized the Administration for "snubbing the Duke thus far." The remaining letters called Mr. Bedaux such things as a Fascist blood sucker, identified the Duke as his dupe and indicated that to the irate writers the Duchess will always be Mrs. Simpson...
...numerous pre-War wrecks, and then gone home that evening to have his own broken collarbone set with no other analgesic than a glass of whiskey. It is also typical that he is a firm believer in all Americanisms save the New Deal, 32° Mason and an absolute sucker for any child...
...week's derby. Like his colleagues. Promoter Zeiter makes every driver sign a waiver absolving him from damages before getting onto his track, but he is less sympathetic than most. Don Zeiter's belief is that ''anyone who gets into a racing car is a sucker...
...demanded prior to the publication of the conditions. It is called a handicap, but it certainly is not an open handicap, and I have tried to think of a name with which to characterize this outrageous travesty on the turf's great races. There is only one-the sucker handicap. The size of the stake is so great and the possibilities of something happening in any big race so ever present, that owners of horses without a possible chance at the weights are lured into competition by a beautiful optimism...