bait and switch
Example Sentences
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Federal and state agencies also must be empowered with the resources to penalize bait-and-switch tactics swiftly.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026
Some viewers took to social media to complain about what they saw as a bait-and-switch, or to relay that their fellow partygoers had let out collective groans and boos at the end of the ad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
A couple initially expecting to pay less than £50 for a locksmith ended up victims of a "bait-and-switch scam" which ended up costing them more than £5,000, an investigation has found.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
The former brings crackling Paul Greengrass-like energy to a young family’s engagement with America’s bait-and-switch immigration system.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025
What Rufo is talking about is a classic bait-and-switch — cutting and pasting a polemic from one place into another for a strategic advantage.
From Salon • May 30, 2023
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
