unsuspecting customer

collocation in English

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unsuspecting
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.səˈspek.tɪŋ/us
/ˌʌn.səˈspek.tɪŋ/
trusting; not realizing there is any danger ...
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customer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkʌs.tə.mər/us
/ˈkʌs.tə.mɚ/
a person who buys goods or ...
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(Definition ofunsuspectingandcustomerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If anunsuspectingcustomersigns something that is palpably ridiculous, will the supplier be held responsible rather than the consumer?
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It cannot be hidden in a basket of airports and flogged off to anunsuspectingcustomer.
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They damage not only theunsuspectingcustomerbut the honest practitioner.
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Every travel agent sets its employees targets to sell holiday insurance to unsuspecting customers.
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I also drew attention to the way in which insurance total write-off vehicles currently can be inadequately repaired and resold to unsuspecting customers without going through any official safety check.
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These were then sold, in stores, to unsuspecting customers.
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Hidden cameras are used to capture the reactions of unsuspecting customers and bypassers.
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Often, unsuspecting customers or passers-byers were incorporated into the program with a comedian.
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Unsuspecting customers received a length of clothesline.
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Ashley helped him out by buying back forged paintings that he had painted and sold to unsuspecting customers.
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