hoodwink

Verb
Synonyms: jugglebeguilebamboozlesnowpull the wool over someone's eyeslead by the noseplay false

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. influence by slynessSynonyms: jugglebeguile
  2. 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”Synonyms: bamboozlesnowpull the wool over someone's eyeslead by the noseplay false
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hoodwink \Hood"wink\ (h[oo^]d"w[i^][ng]k), v. t. [Hood + wink.]

1.To blind by covering the eyes. [1913 Webster]

We will blind and hoodwink him.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To cover; to hide. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. "Hoodwinked with kindness." --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

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