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• past tense form of hoodwink.
• past participle of hoodwink.

hoodwinked

American  

[hood-wingkd] / ˈhʊdˌwɪŋkd /

adjective

1. deceived or tricked.

   Bankers lied to the fearful and easily hoodwinked public about the threat of our financial system collapsing.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of hoodwink.

Other Word Forms

• unhoodwinked
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of hoodwinked

hoodwink ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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hoodwinked

As it turns out, I’m hardly the only person to have felt hoodwinked, bamboozled, and/or flat-out deceived by my smartphone’s forecasts in 2026.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

At least those hoodwinked folks weren’t tricked into leaving their houses for nothing.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026

Even though I could afford it and I needed the operation done, it was hard not to feel a little hoodwinked.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025

New Yorkers still take pride in not being easily hoodwinked.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025

West Indian Archie knew that some young husders rose in stature in our wodd when they somehow hoodwinked older husders, then put it on the wire for everyone to hear.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey