Easy Mark (Noun)
Meaning
A defenseless victim.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The con artist saw the elderly woman as an easy mark and quickly swindled her out of her life savings.
- The tourist's obvious naivety made him an easy mark for the scammers who targeted him on the street.
- The child was an easy mark for the bully, who constantly picked on him in school.
- The unsuspecting investor was an easy mark for the Ponzi scheme, losing thousands of dollars in the process.
- The lonely woman was an easy mark for the online scammer, who quickly gained her trust and stole her personal information.