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had bamboozled

  • past perfect
    of bamboozle.
    bamboozle
    verb (used with object)
    to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often followed byinto ).

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Ex-serviceman Phil Lee, who was also conned, said Buckden had "bamboozled me with his sob story" and he thought it was a "no-brainer" to offer his help "this very unfortunate person".

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2016

Azarenka rode the storm, however, and the slices with which the Russian had bamboozled the Belarussian grew steadily less effective as the world number one drove home her advantage.

From Reuters ● Jan. 23, 2013

The song had bamboozled many, but it had not deterred the Western governments.

From Time Magazine Archive

Somebody had bamboozled him with those loose brilliants, saying they were found in the castle caverns.

From The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton