hoodwinking
present participle ofhoodwink
hoodwink
verb[T]
uk/ˈhʊd.wɪŋk/us/ˈhʊd.wɪŋk/todeceiveortricksomeone:
He hoodwinked usintoagreeing.
Synonym
bamboozleinformal
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- bluff
- fiddle
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- honeyfuggle
- hustle
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- put one over onsomeoneidiom
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- putsomethingon
- racket
- snooker
Examplesofhoodwinking
hoodwinking
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Instead, it carried out its normal policy ofhoodwinkingthe public.
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We are not trying to produce an elaborate means ofhoodwinkingthe commission, drawing the wool over its eyes or doing a sweetheart deal.
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If one makes a concession of this sort for a reason of this sort one ishoodwinkingoneself.
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The way ahead for research is through mutual trust and nothoodwinkingtrusting, unsuspecting people, be they patient or parent.
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Fourthly, either through a complicit retailer or byhoodwinking, he delivers the spirits on to the market at duty-paid prices.
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I protest against these peoplehoodwinkingthemselves and a large number of others with such an absurd and false comparison.
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The only way they can retain their power is byhoodwinkingthe people at elections.
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I submit with the deepest of respect that we must put an end to thishoodwinkingof the public.
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I felt, however, that it was encouraging that the superb team of observers was not hoodwinked, as some of the reports from certain quarters suggest that muchhoodwinkingwent on.
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Whenever they have trouble with sterling, they find ways ofhoodwinkingthe public into believing that the situation is vastly improved.
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It is possible that the leave to appeal could have been obtained by gross misrepresentation orhoodwinking, but it seems appropriate that the matter should be unfettered there.
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I think we arehoodwinkingourselves if we claim, as some seekers after truth are apt to claim, that we do not know whether it has influence or not.
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I believe that they would welcome the opportunity to show that not all gas and electricity suppliers resort tohoodwinkingelderly citizens on their own doorsteps to win new business.
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The novel cleverly refutes the fraudulent andhoodwinkingpractices of this man and the hoax is exposed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thehoodwinkingof those customers is the real reason this restaurant is more offensive than the sum of its not-very-good parts.
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- memorandum of deposit
- memorandum-of-deposit
- memorandum of understanding
- memorandum-of-understanding
- memorial
- memorial card
- memorial-card
- memorial chapel
- Memorial Day
- memorial-day
- memorial fund
- memorial garden
- memorial garden
- memorial hall
- memorialize
- memorial museum
- memorial museum
- memorial park
- memorial park
- memorial plaque
- memorial plaque
- memorial service
- look-alike
- look and feel
- look-and-feel