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bait and switch
noun as in collusion
noun as in con game
noun as in confidence game
noun as in trickery
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in misinform
Example Sentences
That ended up being the ’90s-alt-tinged opener, “Gateway Drug,” which is a bait-and-switch thanks to her soft vocals and some heavy guitar riffs.
And loyalty programs have evolved into something more sophisticated than today’s bait-and-switch cards that just make you spend more.
Jatahy, a Brazilian director who has a significant following in France, has performed this sort of bait-and-switch with classics before.
Jeremiah Gibson, a couples therapist who hosts the Sexvangelicals podcast with his wife and fellow therapist Julia Postema, told Salon that the sex-and-relationships material that dominates the Christian influencer world is a form of bait-and-switch.
One of the judges noted that after years of lauding race-neutral alternatives to racial preferences, it would constitute a “judicial bait-and-switch” for judges to now question the very approach they’d championed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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