hoodwink
[hood-wingk]
- to deceive or trick.
- Archaic. to blindfold.
- Obsolete. to cover or hide.
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Related Words for hoodwinked
mislead, bilk, dupe, bamboozle, victimize, defraud, swindle, fool, hoax, fleece, burn, scam, screw, cheat, fake, gull, trick, bluff, gyp, conExamples from the Web for hoodwinked
Contemporary Examples of hoodwinked
Roseanne Barr thinks America has been “bamboozled and hoodwinked.”
In response to withering media criticism, the Bush folks finally figured out that they had been hoodwinked.
Historical Examples of hoodwinked
But Themistocles was not the man to be hoodwinked by the simple cunning of the Spartans.
Stories from ThucydidesH. L. Havell
You imagine that a man like that can be played with, and hoodwinked by amateurs like yourself.
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
They must have thought they had hoodwinked me and were probably then rejoicing at their success.
Ranching, Sport and TravelThomas Carson
Their safety required a Governor who could be controlled or hoodwinked by them.
Rabbi and PriestMilton Goldsmith
I was not hoodwinked, but neither was I stirred to resistance.
The King's MirrorAnthony Hope
hoodwink
- to dupe; trick
- obsolete to cover or hide
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Word Origin for hoodwink
C16: originally, to cover the eyes with a hood, blindfold
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