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hoodwink

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hood·wink  (hdwngk)
tr.v. hood·winked, hood·wink·ing, hood·winks
1. To take in by deceptive means; deceive. See Synonyms at deceive.
2. Archaic To blindfold.
3. Obsolete To conceal.

hoodwinker n.

hoodwink [ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk]
vb (tr)
1. to dupe; trick
2. Obsolete to cover or hide
[originally, to cover the eyes with a hood, blindfold]
hoodwinker  n
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Verb1.hoodwink - influence by slyness
cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
2.hoodwink - 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"
deceive, lead astray, betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

hoodwink
verb deceive, trick, fool, cheat, con (informal), kid (informal), mislead, hoax, dupe, gull (archaic), delude, swindle, rook (slang), bamboozle (informal), take (someone) for a ride (informal), lead up the garden path (informal), sell a pup, pull a fast one on (informal), cozen, befool Many people are hoodwinked by the so-called beauty industry.
Translations
hoodwink [ˈhʊdwɪŋk] VTengañar

hoodwink [ˈhʊdwɪŋk] vttromper

hoodwink
vt (inf)(he)reinlegen (inf); to hoodwink somebody into doing somethingjdn dazu verleiten, etw zu tun; they hoodwinked him into signing the contracter ließ sich von ihnen (dazu) verleiten, den Vertrag zu unterschreiben; I was hoodwinked into buying an imitationman hat mir eine Imitation angedreht (inf)

hoodwink [ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk] vtgabbare, imbrogliare, infinocchiare

hoodwink
v hoodwink [ˈhudwiŋk]
to trick or deceive. mislei, bedrieg يَخْدَع измамвам oblafnout fuppe; bedrage täuschen εξαπατώ burlar, engañar, tomar el pelo tüssama فريب دادن huiputtaa tromper qqn לְרָמוֹת झांसा देना obmanuti, prevariti rászed menipu blekkja imbrogliare だます 속이다 apmauti piemānīt; piemuļķot memperdayakan bedriegen føre bak lyset, bløffe okpić ludibriar a înşela одурачивать oblafnúť prevarati nasamariti lura ตบตา kandırmak, kafese koymak 哄騙,詐欺 обдурювати فریب دینا lừa dối; lừa bịp 欺骗


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And yet you found it a perfectly simple matter to hoodwink me whenever you chose
You don't understand that what imposes on common folk would never hoodwink an editor.
M'Lellan, who was at the river bank, advanced to guard the goods, when one of the savages at tempted to hoodwink him with his buffalo robe with one hand, and to stab him with the other.
 
 
 
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