caveat emptor
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As the phrase goes in Latin — caveat emptor, or “let the buyer beware.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
"This is one of the caveat emptor things that all foreign would-be acquirers should keep in mind."
From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2023
New Yorkers are going to be talking about Speaker’s Corner, at 8-5, but caveat emptor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2022
She cautioned the public to weigh “both potential benefits and risks,” to which I would add caveat emptor — buyer beware.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2021
But it is the lesser injury, the lesser injustice, which cannot be prevented in the long run by any attempt to escape the law of "caveat emptor."
From The Landleaguers by Anthony Trollope
