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  • verb Present participle of snooker.

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Examples

  • And the fact that the NAACP blames Fox News for "snookering" them is utter BS.

    reddit.com: what's new online! 2010

  • Loftus goes down into the darkest basements of the US government, where one branch is snookering the next, where operations are being subverted by their own members, and individuals, under orders, cover up for some colleagues' illegal acts and obstruct the congressionally-mandated work of others.

    Russ Baker: Book Review: America's Nazi Secret Russ Baker 2011

  • Any moral qualms are overshadowed by a conviction that the banks created the crisis by snookering homeowners with loans that got them in over their heads.

    ‘Free Rent’ Approach on the Rise as Some Homeowners Stop Paying Mortgages | Impact Lab 2010

  • I Get That a Lot, CBS' recurring special on celebrities snookering regular people by posing in regular jobs, was up an astounding 130 percent vs. the last time it was on Dec. 17, 2010.

    Ratings: Modern Family Comes Back Big 2012

  • The final prediction one can make is that however Mr Osborne may present his U-turn or Mr Balls is congratulated for the snookering of his opponent, that will not make this reversal of policy any more justified.

    Fuel prices: Messing with the motorist | Editorial 2011

  • Loftus goes down into the darkest basements of the US government, where one branch is snookering the next, where operations are being subverted by their own members, and individuals, under orders, cover up for some colleagues' illegal acts and obstruct the congressionally-mandated work of others.

    Russ Baker: Book Review: America's Nazi Secret Russ Baker 2011

  • Steven Pearlstein: Actually, if you were someone who was intent on snookering investors, Goldman would be your investment bank of choice.

    Pearlstein: What Goldman tells us about the 2010

  • Finn realized I was royally pissed at him for snookering me into going to the club in the first place.

    Venom Jennifer Estep 2010

  • Finn realized I was royally pissed at him for snookering me into going to the club in the first place.

    Venom Jennifer Estep 2010

  • Steven Pearlstein: Actually, if you were someone who was intent on snookering investors, Goldman would be your investment bank of choice.

    Pearlstein: What Goldman tells us about the 2010

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