bamboozle

bam·boo·zle  (bm-bzl)

tr.v. bam·boo·zled, bam·boo·zling, bam·boo·zles Informal

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit; hoodwink. See Synonyms at deceive.

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[Origin unknown.]

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bam·boozle·ment n.

bam·boozler n.

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bamboozle [bæmˈbuːz^əl]

vb (tr) Informal

1. to cheat; mislead

2. to confuse

[of unknown origin]

bamboozler  n

bamboozlement  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

bamboozle - 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" lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow, hoodwink deceive, lead astray, betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

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bamboozle

verb (Informal)

1. cheat, do (informal), kid (informal), skin (slang), trick, fool, take in (informal), con (informal), stiff, sting (informal), mislead, rip off (slang), thwart, deceive, fleece, hoax, defraud, dupe, beguile, gull (archaic), delude, swindle, stitch up (slang), victimize, hoodwink, double-cross (informal), diddle (informal), take for a ride (informal), do the dirty on (Brit. informal), bilk, pull a fast one on (informal), cozen He was bamboozled by con men.

2. puzzle, confuse, stump, baffle, bewilder, confound, perplex, mystify, befuddle, flummox, nonplus He bamboozled Mercer into defeat.

Translations

bamboozle [bæmˈbuːzl] VT → enredar, engatusar
she was bamboozled into buying it → la enredaron or engatusaron para que lo comprara

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bamboozle [bæmˈbuːz^əl] vt

(= confuse) → mystifier

(= trick) to bamboozle sb into doing sth → embobiner qn pour qu'il fasse qch

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bamboozle

vt (inf) (= baffle) → verblüffen, baff machen (inf); (= trick) → hereinlegen (inf); he was bamboozled into signing the contract → sie haben es so getrickst or sie haben ihn mit Tricks dazu gebracht, dass er den Vertrag unterschrieben hat (inf)

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bamboozle [bæmˈbuːzl] vt (fam) → abbindolare, infinocchiare

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bamboozle [bæmˈbuːzl] vt (fam) → abbindolare, infinocchiare

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bamboozle

v bamboozle [bӕmˈbuːzl]

to confuse completely The motorist was completely bamboozled by the road-signs. verwar يُربك، يخدع، يُضلل баламосвам poplést, napálit forvirre; narre; føre bag lyset verwirren μπερδεύω, ξεγελώ engatusar, confundir täiesti segadusse ajama گیج کردن hämmentää mystifier לְבַלְבֵּל विभ्रमित obmanuti, prevariti félrevezet mengelabui, membingungkan rugla confondere 迷わせる 속이다 galvą susukti samulsināt; piekrāpt terpedaya in verwarring brengen narre, føre bak lyset, forvirre ogłupić confundir a zăpăci сбивать с толку popliesť zmesti zbuniti lura, förvirra หลอกลวง; ล่อลวง şaşırtmak, yanıltmak 迷惑 спантеличити جھانسہ دینا جھانسے میں آنا، فریب دینا lúng túng 迷惑