hoodwink
verb (used with object)
to deceive or trick.
hoodwinking
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present participleof hoodwink.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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She said Joshua's "hoodwinking of innocent people" must "come into the light".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
Another example of agent Scott Boras hoodwinking one of their own, they said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
What is it about scams and hoodwinking that appeals to us in a visceral way that we want to read these stories, and we want to explore them?
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2023
At one point he sent for me, and I found him on his cellphone with someone on the crew, proposing a plot that, I soon gathered, involved hoodwinking Gilligan.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
First, what makes you think that Quinn—this man of certain standing, you know—wasn’t hoodwinking you, in order to get you to do exactly what you are doing?”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
