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HOODWINK
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”
juggle, beguile, hoodwink
(verb) influence by slyness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
hoodwink (third-person singular simple present hoodwinks, present participle hoodwinking, simple past and past participle hoodwinked) (transitive)
(figurative) To deceive by disguise; to dupe, bewile, mislead.
(archaic) To cover the eyes with a hood; to blindfold.
(archaic) To overshadow something in a way that one is blind or oblivious to it.
(archaic) To hide or obscure.
Source: Wiktionary
Hood"wink, v. t. Etym: [Hood + wink.]
1. To blind by covering the eyes. We will blind and hoodwink him. Shak.
2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. "Hoodwinked with kindness." Sir P. Sidney.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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