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

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

But he's also seen as an easy mark.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2020

In all that open space, she is the sole upright creature, an easy mark.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti