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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Another example of agent Scott Boras hoodwinking one of their own, they said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
It is digital trickery, hoodwinking the brain into seeing something that isn't really there.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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
They did not realize or understand that he is a con man who thrives on hoodwinking and exploiting others.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2021
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
