as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
Tom Sawyer famously hoodwinked the other boys into thinking there was nothing more enjoyable than whitewashing a fence
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Recent Examples of hoodwink
Haider staged a fake murder in an apparent effort to hoodwink Abbas and his bosses.
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Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
Many individuals and companies don’t report after they’ve been hoodwinked.
—Frank Teruel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
No doubt our ancestors found ingenious ways to hoodwink the enemy long before that.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
Loading your audio article State authorities on Friday returned more than $60,000 worth of cryptocurrency from a Connecticut resident who was hoodwinked earlier this year in a phishing scam.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
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Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
Many individuals and companies don’t report after they’ve been hoodwinked.
—Frank Teruel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
No doubt our ancestors found ingenious ways to hoodwink the enemy long before that.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
Loading your audio article State authorities on Friday returned more than $60,000 worth of cryptocurrency from a Connecticut resident who was hoodwinked earlier this year in a phishing scam.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoodwink
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Some even provide fake documents to help scammers deceive others.—
Ryan Nawrocki,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Jan. 2025
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On the other hand, disinformation is misleading or false information shared with the intent to deceive.—
Jill Hopke,
The Conversation,
17 Jan. 2025
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Don’t be fooled by its cheery name: Happy Face looks haunting.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
27 Jan. 2025
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However, phishing is platform-agnostic, relying on fooling you, the user.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
24 Jan. 2025
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What began as an amusing alter ego created to trick a boss has now become a legitimate presence on credit reports, background checks and even tenant records, admitted original poster (OP) Cweev10 on Reddit this week.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Elon Musk can try to trick gamers, to argue with them, to post their DMs against his own Terms of Service.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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