hoodwinked

[ hood-wingkd ]

/ ˈhʊdˌwɪŋkd /

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adjective

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

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It’s relatively easy to get hoodwinked by online pharmacies that promise quality drugs at bargain prices.
Drug imports endanger patients like me|Brandon Macsata|November 13, 2020|Washington Blade
We are being hoodwinked by the corporate desire to make money.
CBS Is Right to Ban the Boobs With Grammy Awards ‘Wardrobe Advisory’|Lauren Ashburn|February 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We also wrote on Wednesday about the media being hoodwinked by Hamas.
Not Breaking: Hamas Exploits Gullible Journalists|Justin Green|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Roseanne Barr thinks America has been “bamboozled and hoodwinked.”
Roseanne Barr: Why You Should Vote for Me for President|Abigail Pesta|August 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

It is not limited to potential historically hoodwinked foreign visitors.
Temple Denial|Benny Morris|April 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Burmese felt similarly hoodwinked by the solitary scholar.
Gene Sharp, The 83 Year Old Who Toppled Egypt|Samuel P. Jacobs|February 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Under this name he hoodwinked the cunning Cerizet, inducing that "man of business" to endorse some notes for him.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
But I am not going to be hoodwinked by the thirty thousand francs to be made by spoiling good canvas.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket|Honore de Balzac
How long will the medical profession continue to be hoodwinked by means of such transparent falsehoods?
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
I am no fool to be hoodwinked, especially where my little Amy is concerned.
The Heir of Redclyffe|Charlotte M. Yonge
Napoleon having been successfully hoodwinked, Bismarck turned to Italy.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various