hoodwink
verb (used with object)
to deceive or trick.
has hoodwinked
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present perfectof hoodwink (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I'm sure wherever he is now he will think it's absolutely wonderful that he has hoodwinked everybody for 10 years.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2013
They find Flem has hoodwinked them as he has everyone else.
From Time Magazine Archive
I offered you evidence that this jailer is a felon, who has hoodwinked the visiting justices and has deceived you.
From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade
"She has tricked me, father, just as she has hoodwinked you," she answered, with self-assurance that astonished me.
From The Four Faces A Mystery by William Le Queux
"He has hoodwinked this young wise-acre already, you see," pursued the baronet.
From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life by James Payn
