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snook•er
Pronunciation: (snook'ur, snOO'kur), [key]—
n.
a variety of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of colors other than red, in which a player must shoot one of the red balls, each with a point value of 1, into a pocket before shooting at one of the other balls, with point values of from 2 to 7.
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v.t.
Slang.to deceive, cheat, or dupe:
to be snookered by a mail order company. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.