Nasty gasp and sneers -- they're taken for a ride (10)
I believe the answer is:
passengers
'they're taken for a ride' is the definition.
'nasty gasp and sneers' is the wordplay.
'nasty' indicates an anagram.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'gasp' put after 'sneers' is 'sneersgasp'.
'sneersgasp' is an anagram of 'PASSENGERS'.
(Other definitions for passengers that I've seen before include "who'll get transferred by coach, perhaps" , "Travellers on a bus, etc" , "Weak team members" , "People on buses perhaps" .)