Bait and Switch

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Bait and Switches
possessive: Bait and Switch's
pluralpossessive: Bait and Switches'

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