Is a savvy professional easily exploited or hard to deceive

The answer is: Hard to deceive

Someone who are considered To be savvy professional, would have an advanced expertise in a specific field. This mean that that person would know if someone is trying to deceive him/her on the topic related on their area of expertise. (for example, a doctor would be hard to deceived by salesman claiming a certain herb could cure an illness).

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