wallet inspector
wallet inspector noun: one who takes advantage of the naïveté of another, particularly if the ulterior motive appears obvious.
Noun
wallet inspector (plural wallet inspectors)
- One who takes advantage of the naïveté of another, particularly if the ulterior motive appears obvious.
- For years, scammers have walked a razor’s edge of trying to look legitimate while claiming to be some sort of distant relation to the wallet inspector.2015 April 15, Christopher Boyd, “Apple ID Phish Goes Horribly Wrong”, in Malware Bytes
- It isn’t just that a franchise that spent more than a decade crying poor because it handed its cash to the wallet inspector has become the behemoth it should have been all along.2024 December 9, Tim Britton, “For Mets fans, signing Juan Soto away from the Yankees is extra special”, in The Athletic (New York Times)
Forms of wallet inspector
| plural | wallet inspectors |
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Origin of wallet inspector
Coined in The Simpsons 1993 episode "Homer Goes to College" in which a group of naive nerds willingly give their wallets to a thief identifying himself as "the wallet inspector".
Words formed from wallet inspector
- have one's wallet inspected
Questions about wallet inspector
- What does wallet inspector mean?
- Wallet inspector means one who takes advantage of the naïveté of another, particularly if the ulterior motive appears obvious.
- What part of speech is wallet inspector?
- Wallet inspector is a noun.
- What is the plural of wallet inspector?
- The plural of wallet inspector is wallet inspectors.
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