hoodwink
verb (used with object)
to deceive or trick.
have been hoodwinking
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present perfect progressiveof hoodwink.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Prince Harry’s hoaxers have been hoodwinking the great and good with bogus calls for years and count Elton John and Joker actor Joaquin Phoenix among their many victims.
From Fox News ● Mar. 11, 2020
That cursed, cursed woman and her boy have been hoodwinking me and playing with me all this time, have they?
From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Henry Kingsley
