bait-and-switch adj.
<美>玩诱饵调包手法的,引诱顾客购买高价商品的
- "If anything, we pulled a bait-and-switch in the minds of our dealers," Mr. Tate says.
- "It appears to me that (Audi's rebate) plan includes factors that could be found illegal under Wisconsin deceptive advertising and bait-and-switch laws," says Wisconsin Attorney General Don Hanaway.
- For example, the industry is exempted from federal antitrust laws, state bait-and-switch advertising regulations, and local environmental laws.