hoodwinked

American  

[hood-wingkd] / ˈhʊdˌwɪŋkd /

adjective

1. deceived or tricked.

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

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of hoodwink.

Other Word Forms

• unhoodwinked adjective

Etymology

Origin of hoodwinked

hoodwink ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

She “felt hoodwinked,” however, when she educated herself on the books being banned and realized they were not what she’d been led to believe.

From Salon

At least those hoodwinked folks weren’t tricked into leaving their houses for nothing.

From Salon

Even though I could afford it and I needed the operation done, it was hard not to feel a little hoodwinked.

From MarketWatch

What about hoodwinked for believing England had a chance of competing in Australia?

From BBC

Dr Amati worries that "people are being hoodwinked into thinking 'high protein' on a label necessarily means that it is healthy. Honestly, it's another health halo."

From BBC