hoodwink, v.
(hoodwinked, hoodwinking, hoodwinks)
(hoodwinked, hoodwinking, hoodwinks)
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
<verb.communication>
bamboozle hoodwink lead by the nose play false pull the wool over someone's eyes snow
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"He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
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Somebody ----s somebody
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influence by slyness
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
beguile hoodwink juggle
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Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somebody
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