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
Her beauty made her a target, and her soft heart all but guaranteed she’d be an easy mark.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
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
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
