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UK
/hˈʊdwɪŋk/
]
[ US /ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk/ ]
[ US /ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk/ ]
VERB
- influence by slyness
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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
How To Use hoodwink In A Sentence
- By 1946, Woodhouse contends, the political objectives of all factions were clear to all, and there was no basis on which to argue that EAM's supporters were 'hoodwinked'. back Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity
- I now think that 'hoodwinked' is the word for the Administration approach on WMDs. William E. Jackson Jr.: Dialogue with a Jewish Friend over Israel in Lebanon
- America's most senior general was 'hoodwinked' by top Bush administration officials determined to push through aggressive interrogation techniques of terror suspects held at Guantánamo Bay, leading to the US military abandoning its age-old ban on the cruel and inhumane treatment of prisoners, the Guardian reveals today. OpEdNews - Quicklink: Top Bush aides pushed for Guantanamo torture
- He's very easily dazzled, and we might add, hornswoggled and hoodwinked.
- Critics of fish farming are furious at what they consider to be an attempt to hoodwink the public.
- Someone hoodwinked my eyes and let me guess who she was.
- I like Obama because he uses words like "hoodwink" and "bamboozle" in political speeches. Obama On Veep Talk: Clintons Are Trying To "Hoodwink" You
- Cabinet advice, says Hide, showed the public had been hoodwinked into investing in a project that made billions for a Hollywood studio.
- You have once again hoodwinked me into risking my life in one of those damnable contraptions!
- Fabulous play on the edge of the Benfica area, hoodwinking Luisao with a delicious stepover and trying to slide the ball in between Artur's legs. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
