to hoodwink
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7.4
- verb
- /ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk/
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engañar
- He tried to hoodwink everyone with his fake stories about his achievements.
- get hoodwinked
- hoodwink the people
- hoodwinked into believing
They were basically hoodwinked by his his words.
- They were basically hoodwinked by his his words.
- And I'm like, how many times are you going to get hoodwinked by these people?
- The fact of the matter is Iran is, is has always hoodwinked our State Department in our efforts in the past.
- Like, no, I don't I've seen this one before and I'm not going to be hoodwinked by this.
- But then you kind of hoodwink them and take them on this on this journey that has a lot more depth and nuance to it.
- Yeah, don't try to hoodwink me as a viewer, as a human being with it or cut corners and, like, not hire a real person.
- I, I, I think by that like sort of logic, a lot of people can get groomed, but I think it's just hoodwinked would probably be a better word.
Examples
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Americans have been hoodwinked and cheated out of their futures and are struggling.
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You may have hoodwinked everyone else in this backwater town, but you can't fool me.
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How many customers has this guy been able to hoodwink into buying his glass?
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That fool who taught us may have been able to hoodwink the others... but what did he know?
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Brother hoodwinked the entire Senate committee.
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The Royal Mail has let itself be hoodwinked into supporting ideas that are complete nonsense.
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But the PR firms are no longer hoodwinking the American people.
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Soneji was hoodwinked, and so were we.
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I've been hoodwinked.
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She'd been duped, hoodwinked, and lulled into trusting him.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
326
3.5
To make someone believe something false so you can get what you want
270
3.9
To make someone believe something that is not true to get an advantage
26
6.0
To trick someone into doing something
14
8.9
To trick someone by using false words or charm
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8.3
To trick someone by pretending you want to help them
7
8.2
To trick someone by hiding the truth
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7.4
Treat someone as stupid to trick or cheat them
5
8.1
To trick someone to gain an advantage
4
8.4
To attract and charm someone while tricking them
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7.7
Make someone do what you want without them noticing
1
9.9
To trick someone to take their money or things
To trick someone out of their money
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hoodwink comes from the old trick of putting a hood over someone's eyes so they cannot see, with wink meaning to close the eyes, creating the image of hiding someone's sight to fool them. So, to hoodwink someone is to 'deceive' or 'trick' them.