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hoodwink::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bamboozle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow |
| Type of | betray, deceive, lead astray |
Examples of hoodwink
hoodwink
Didn't she convert just to hoodwink blue-collar Indiana and Pennsylvania voters?
From the ocregister.com
He attempted to hoodwink his own flanks with a little televangelistic magic, too.
From the washingtontimes.com
The downtown politicians must be not be allowed to trick and hoodwink the taxpayers.
From the dailynews.com
Fishermen, however, may not be able to hoodwink consumers for much longer.
From the economist.com
Still, the effort to hoodwink the babysitters with such a calculated plot was classic.
From the usatoday.com
He warned about the ones who hoodwink drivers into getting work that they don't need.
From the dailynews.com
We might satirize, circumvent or hoodwink the great prince, but we don't mess with him.
From the theaustralian.com.au
This was to hoodwink the asura King Bali and restore the heaven to gods.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Why try cybercrime when it's so easy to hoodwink Web users in the broad, legal daylight?
From the forbes.com
- Juggle: influence by slyness
- Bamboozle: 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"
- Hoodwink (also known as Sister Dream) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe, most notably as a member of the Sisters of Sin.
- To cover the eyes with a hood; to blindfold; To deceive or trick
- To mislead by a trick, deceive
