easy mark
Example Sentences
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Matthiesen didn’t appear to be an easy mark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
Not only that, River was selected specifically because he was seen as an easy mark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
Chandler Cunningham-South charges back to halfway and Marcus Smith chips forward - but the the kick is too long, into the 22 and Romain Ntamack calls an easy mark.
From BBC ● May 4, 2024
I was an easy mark — I arrived at graduate student housing on East 26th Street between First and Second Avenues.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2021
I thought he would be an easy mark, being stiff, paralyzed, but of course the agony was mine.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
