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    bam·boo·zle
    /bamˈbo͞oz(ə)l/

    verb

    • 1. fool or cheat (someone): informal "Tom Sawyer bamboozled the neighborhood boys into doing it for him"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBAMBOOZLED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Bamboozled is the past tense and past participle of bamboozle, which means to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them. See how to use this word in sentences from the Hansard archive and other sources.

    • Bamboozle

      to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them : Don't...

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › bamboozledBamboozled Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the meaning of bamboozled, an informal adjective that means confused or bewildered by being deliberately fooled or misled. See examples, synonyms, word history, and related entries.

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  5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › bamboozleBamboozle Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Bamboozle means to deceive by underhanded methods or to confuse thoroughly. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and history of this word from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › bamboozleBAMBOOZLE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often followed by into ): They bamboozled us into joining the club. Synonyms: fool, mislead, delude, rook, gull, hoax, flimflam, defraud, swindle, cheat, trick, dupe, gyp. to perplex; mystify; confound.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › bamboozledBAMBOOZLED Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Bamboozled definition: deceived through trickery, flattery, or the like; hoodwinked. See examples of BAMBOOZLED used in a sentence.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryBAMBOOZLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    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.

  9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › bamboozleBamboozle - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.

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