hoodwink
verb (used with object)
to deceive or trick.
have hoodwinked
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present perfectof hoodwink.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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He argued that Theranos, a young company with a young CEO, could not have hoodwinked a sophisticated company like Walgreens.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021
But while Forkner does appear to have hoodwinked regulators and misled customers, he was hardly the one most responsible for the two 737 Max crashes, which occurred in 2018 and 2019.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
Because where Holmes may have hoodwinked mighty men who underestimated a gal’s ability to bamboozle their big old brains, Maxwell was deceiving the most vulnerable members of her own sex.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021
I envied them, but wondered if McDonagh's overblown reputation as a theatrical insurgent and the combination of Guadagnino's insistent artiness and Aciman's self-conscious literariness may have hoodwinked them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2018
The Bishop said little, and tried not to hear; but when Dan would have hoodwinked him, he saw through the device as the sun sees through glass.
From The Deemster by Sir Hall Caine
