1. Deceive or trick someone, especially through deliberate misrepresentation
   "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well";
   - snow [N. Amer, informal], hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes [informal], lead by the nose, play false
    
2. Confuse or perplex
   "The complex instructions bamboozled the new employees"

Derived forms: bamboozling, bamboozles, bamboozled

Type of: betray, deceive, lead astray

Encyclopedia: Bamboozle