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- Dictionarybamboozle/bamˈbuːzl/
verb
- 1. cheat or fool: informal "he bamboozled Canada's largest banks in a massive counterfeit scam"
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The meaning of BAMBOOZLED is thrown into a state of confusion or bewilderment especially by being deliberately fooled or misled. How to use bamboozled in a sentence.
to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them : Don't get bamboozled by all the jargon. She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number. Synonym. hoodwink. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking. anti-fraud. bad faith. bamboozle. bilk. blackmail. deceive. diddle. fiddle. flannel. game-fixing. grifter.
The meaning of BAMBOOZLE is to deceive by underhanded methods : dupe, hoodwink. How to use bamboozle in a sentence. Did you know?
Bamboozle definition: to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often followed by into). See examples of BAMBOOZLE used in a sentence.
Bamboozled definition: deceived through trickery, flattery, or the like; hoodwinked. See examples of BAMBOOZLED used in a sentence.
to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them : Don't get bamboozled by all the jargon. She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number. Synonym. hoodwink. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking. anti-fraud. bad faith. bilk. blackmail. blag. deceive. diddle. feint. flannel. game-fixing. grifter. gull.
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: hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow. see more.
to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them : Don't get bamboozled by all the jargon. She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number. Synonym. hoodwink. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking.
Definition of bamboozle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to deceive or get the better of by underhandedness; hoodwink. 2. to perplex; mystify. v.i. 3. to practice trickery, deception, or the like. [1695–1705; orig. uncertain] bam•boo′zle•ment, n. bam•boo′zler, n.
