Verb: hoodwink 'hûd,wingk
- Deceive or trick someone, especially through deliberate misrepresentation
"He hoodwinked his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well";
- bamboozle [informal], snow [N. Amer, informal], pull the wool over someone's eyes [informal], lead by the nose, play false
- Influence by slyness
"The salesman hoodwinked the elderly couple into buying an overpriced warranty";
- juggle, beguile
Derived forms: hoodwinks, hoodwinking, hoodwinked
Type of: betray, cheat, chisel [informal], deceive, lead astray, rip off [informal]
Encyclopedia: Hoodwink