bait and switch
Example Sentences
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If a dealership lists a fair, all-in price online, they risk looking more expensive than a competitor who uses deceptive bait-and-switch pricing to lure customers in.
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
One strategy is the bait-and-switch, where a host will advertise that a property is somewhere near the border of Los Angeles, such as West Hollywood, and thus not subject to L.A.’s stringent rules.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2023
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.
