hoodwinked

[ hood-wingkd ]

adjective

1. deceived or tricked:

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

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of hoodwink ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·hood·winked adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoodwinked¹

hoodwink ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

It’s relatively easy to get hoodwinked by online pharmacies that promise quality drugs at bargain prices.

From Washington Blade

We are being hoodwinked by the corporate desire to make money.

From The Daily Beast

We also wrote on Wednesday about the media being hoodwinked by Hamas.

From The Daily Beast

Roseanne Barr thinks America has been “bamboozled and hoodwinked.”

From The Daily Beast

It is not limited to potential historically hoodwinked foreign visitors.

From The Daily Beast

The Burmese felt similarly hoodwinked by the solitary scholar.

From The Daily Beast

Under this name he hoodwinked the cunning Cerizet, inducing that "man of business" to endorse some notes for him.

From Project Gutenberg

But I am not going to be hoodwinked by the thirty thousand francs to be made by spoiling good canvas.

From Project Gutenberg

How long will the medical profession continue to be hoodwinked by means of such transparent falsehoods?

From Project Gutenberg

I am no fool to be hoodwinked, especially where my little Amy is concerned.

From Project Gutenberg

Napoleon having been successfully hoodwinked, Bismarck turned to Italy.

From Project Gutenberg