BAMBOOZLE

bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false

(verb) conceal one’s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; “He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

bamboozle (third-person singular simple present bamboozles, present participle bamboozling, simple past and past participle bamboozled)

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

(transitive, informal) To confuse, frustrate or perplex.

Source: Wiktionary

Bam*boo"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bamboozled (p. pr. & vb. n. Bamboozling ( Etym: [Said to be of Gipsy origin.]

Definition: To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] Addison. What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you J. H. Newman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition