snooked
/snuːkt/
verb
- Past tense of snooker: to have placed an opponent's ball in a position where it cannot be hit directly in the game of snooker.
- He snooked me so badly that I had no shot at all.
- The player snooked his rival twice in the same frame.
- She snooked her opponent behind the black ball.
- Past tense of snooker: to have tricked or trapped someone into a difficult situation.
- They snooked us into thinking the project was easy.
- The clever deal snooked the investors into losing money.
- I felt completely snooked by his false promises.
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