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noun

  1. a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead

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Nintendo has posted strong sales of the Switch, selling 10 million consoles in nine months.

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From Trump University to his litany of failed projects and developments, Donald Trump is infamous for the bait and switch, selling fantasies of luxury, then ensnaring buyers in schemes of wealth extraction.

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