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

Her tendency to burn brightly and her lifelong eagerness to please has sometimes made her an easy mark, she knows now.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2020

The three companions now left the hill-top, where they might be an easy mark against the pale sky, and they walked slowly down the northward slope.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien