Attacks the frame
Loaded question
The question carries an accusation that any answer accepts.
The first tell
You feel trapped. That feeling arrives before you can name the move.
What it sounds like
A reporter asks: Have you stopped cheating on your taxes?
Say back
I don't accept the premise of that question.
If they push
It's a simple yes or no.
It's a yes or no built on something false. I've never cheated on them.
How this family is disarmed
Reject the premise and restate it in your own terms.
Paid
See it in dating and at work
Context packs show this tactic in the settings where it does the most damage, and let you drill it against a timer.