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sucker

noun as in victim

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By contrast, “Shadow Ticket” offers a wildly seductive overture, a companionable but occasionally slack midsection, and a haunting sucker punch of an ending.

And I’m a sucker for a sour beverage, alcoholic or not.

From Salon

But then, can’t expect any better from a man who thinks American war dead are ‘suckers’ and ‘losers.’

From Salon

Setbacks are inevitable in sport, but the brutal nature of the first major sucker punch of Keely Hodgkinson's career is that it followed the pinnacle.

From BBC

The narrative is less sucker punch than brilliant feints and jabs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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